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Collection no. #15970 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles cross the Place des Cordeliers in Lyon. The camera stays in one position while the changing traffic supplies a…
Collection no. #15980 minLouis Lumière
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Auguste Lumière holds his daughter Andrée beside a bowl of goldfish. The child reaches into the water while her father supports her, turning a moment…
Collection no. #15990 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man repeatedly tries to vault onto a blanket held by four companions. Missed jumps, an awkward landing and the holders' movements turn the exercise…
Collection no. #16000 minGeorges Méliès
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Soldiers clash during a reconstruction of fighting at Tournavos. Smoke, movement and a compact battlefield set compress a contemporary military event…
Collection no. #16010 minPeter Elfelt
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A sled drawn by Greenland dogs crosses a snowy Copenhagen park. Johan Carl Joensen guides the team toward and past the camera in a brief outdoor…
Collection no. #16020 minGeorges Méliès
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A magician sets up an empty picture frame and conjures his own portrait inside it. The image comes to life, allowing performer and likeness to meet…
Collection no. #16030 minLouis Lumière
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Three men row a small boat out toward rough water. Women and children watch from the jetty as the boat rises and falls, making the harbor departure a…
Collection no. #16040 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
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Annabelle Moore performs a serpentine dance, sweeping long folds of fabric around her body. The changing shapes turn a stage specialty into a flowing…
Collection no. #16050 minGeorges Méliès
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Divers approach the sunken Maine, explore the wreck and raise a recovered body toward the surface. The action presents an imagined underwater view of…
Collection no. #16060 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
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Sharpshooter Annie Oakley demonstrates her speed and precision for the camera, firing at targets with an assistant nearby. The brief performance…
Collection no. #16070 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A doctor's captive monkey escapes and disrupts both floors of the house. Even its detached tail joins the mayhem, leaving the doctor and housekeeper…
Collection no. #16080 minGeorges Méliès
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A conjuror and a dancer perform a rapid chain of appearances, disappearances and transformations. Bodies and costumes change as the stage act becomes…
Collection no. #16090 minLouis Lumière
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Workers remove hot coke from a furnace, spray it with water and spread it using long tools. Carts move through the background as the camera records…
Collection no. #16100 minGeorges Méliès
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A magician produces women from a row of chairs, combines them into one figure and changes that figure again. His arithmetic operates on bodies,…
Collection no. #16110 minGeorges Méliès
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Broken plates send a cook into hiding, but a cupboard door separates his head from his body. The lively head refuses to disappear, and the kitchen…
Collection no. #16120 minAlexandre Promio
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As a train leaves Jerusalem, the camera moves with it past people gathered beside the railway. Farewells and changing faces slip through the frame,…
Collection no. #16130 minMax Skladanowsky
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A performer swirls a flowing costume through the serpentine dance. The fabric continually changes shape, translating a popular stage attraction into…
Collection no. #16140 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two cats wearing boxing gloves face each other in a miniature ring while their trainer supervises. The staged novelty compresses an animal act into a…