Société Lumière

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

A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.

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

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

Panorama of the battleships "Sardegna" and "Sicilia" at the naval review of Cagliari.

Herding cows

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too good to be true?

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the first remake.

Pedestrians and cars traffic in Biarritz.

The first remake of The Sprinkler Sprinkled, filmed in a much more elaborate garden from a different angle.

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table is turned on him.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

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