Auguste Lumière
Birthday: 1862-10-19
Place of Birth: Besançon, Doubs, France
Biography: Auguste Lumière (1862–1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis invented an animated photographic camera and projection device, the cinematograph, which met with worldwide success.
Movies
Demolition of a Wall
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One wo...
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Radeau avec baigneurs
Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with ...
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Baby's Meal
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lu...
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The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers....
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The Lumière Brothers' First Films
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of...
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Fishing for Goldfish
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, ...
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Photograph
A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face ...
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ViennaFilm 1896-1976
This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The ai...
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Le Cinématographe Lumière
A viewer can visit the whole world in a cinema or revisit historic moments. This industry was born t...
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