A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

The first travelling shot.

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...

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...

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.