Louis Lumière Movies

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

The product of the mind of a jokester. The mind of a director, too. Props and gags, slow rhythm like Laurel and Hardy, and conscientious actors who...

This view represents the passage of a decorated chariot; The many spectators fight with confetti.

A steam roller equalizes the ground along a railroad track. The Canal de Jonage in France.

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.

A man and his balancing dogs.

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about...