Société Lumière

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.

Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

People dismount and mount a gondola.

Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.

Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.

While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Passage of three carriages, escorted by lackeys and soldiers.

Three girls and a boy playing with their toys.

Herding cows

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Three cats take turns jumping up, in order to catch some food that a woman's hand is holding above their heads.

Short made in Mexico.

A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.

Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.