Kobelkoff

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely shot in 1897 but not screened in France until the 10th of December 1899.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

American Indians dancing.

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

A steamboat coming to port.

Teasing tigers with meat.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen.

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

A large ship embarking.

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.