The first movie audiences took particular delight in scenes of rushing, churning water. These scenes of Niagara Falls were taken in September 1896, while Dickson and Bitzer were filming McKinley and the Empire State Express.
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
In commercial sales catalogs from the Société L. Gaumont et Cie, this film (cataloged under "Vues animées") is credited to the system of Georges Demenÿ.