Le char funèbre

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

The main market square in the heart of Brussels.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

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 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attended by men with horns and drums. Coming in the other direction are local Swiss, who pay little attention, and a group of native-garbed Africans. The dozen or so well-dressed denizens of Geneva who are sitting on the steps of the Divan take it all in.

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

Another street scene of daily life.

Dragons escorting officers on horseback.

A black and white short from the Lumière brothers in which a crowds is filmed at the Place de l'Opèra in Paris.

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left). Virtually overlooking the falls and surrounded by the swift current not far from the camera is a small island where six or eight tourists watch the water, talk, and move about.

An artillery parade in Cairo near Cairo Citadel filmed by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière Brothers. Original title was "Défilé de l’artillerie turque"

Sailors training with swords.

Lumière Catalogue No. 706. A moving shot taken from the electric train in Liverpool. Its vantage reveals ships and lumberyards.

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

Turcos regiment parade.