25 October 1896 Factual 1 mins
Shot in 1896, this playful actuality captures workers from the Lumière factory in Lyon competing in a sack race. The scene shows the participants’ comic struggles and falls, with onlookers enjoying the lighthearted contest. Beyond its humor, the film offers a glimpse of everyday leisure and camaraderie among the Lumière workforce during cinema’s earliest years.
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A Sack Race Between Employees of Lumière & Sons' Factory, Lyon Trailer
France 25 October 1896
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1896:
11 April 1896
Dense pedestrian, trams and cars traffic on the street, in front of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille.
14 January 1896
The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30 1895, it is the earliest film from Great Britain.
01 January 1896
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
01 April 1896
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
26 May 1896
Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.
01 January 1896
“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.
30 August 1896
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
06 October 1896
Russian sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Fiodorovna, and President Felix Faure, parading down the Champs-Elysées in a carriage, followed by horsemen.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1896 Lumière.
