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A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to...
Le maréchal-ferrant
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
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...
The Sprinkler Sprinkled
A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.
The Boxing Kangaroo
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
The Sea
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
Baby's Meal
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as...
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage.
Ringkämpfer
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching...
Boat Leaving the Port
A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets...
Partie de tric-trac
A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.
Die Serpentintänzerin
A man strolling in a city street is attacked by three assailants. A policeman comes to the rescue and the men struggle with each other.
The Arrest of a Bookmaker
In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a...
Horse Trick Riders
Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.
Akrobatisches Potpourri
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.
Fishing for Goldfish
Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump...
Jumping the Blanket
Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.
Kamarinskaja
Directed by W.K.L Dickson.
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby