Movies: Societe Lumiere

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them....

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

King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage....

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is played. It is now time for Harlequin to play his tricks....

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II....

Sovereigns and their suite passing in front of the monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Sassari....

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

Two teams of artillery carriages, parading side by side past the grandstand during the inauguration ceremony of President McKinley in Washington DC....

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

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

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

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland)....

Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland)....

Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market....

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille....

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

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

A small boy feeds his dog sugar cane by making him perform high jumps....

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

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice....