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:
01 March 1896
"A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America.
07 February 1896
Panoramic film from the Lumiere Catalogue.
01 January 1896
Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock of about 50 domesticated ducks.
30 August 1896
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
21 March 1896
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
14 November 1896
A Lumière Brothers short film showing a street scene in Paris.
01 September 1896
“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary, who hands him a telegram, which he reads with apparent satisfaction.
31 October 1896
A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen.
26 May 1896
Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1896 Lumière.
