The Lumiere Brothers' Second Program (1896)

An anthology of 15 films by the Lumiere brothers, shown in Budapest in May 1896. Advertisement in the Budapest press for a showing of films by the Lumiere brothers. 1. Italy.

View from a gondola in Venice. 2. France.

Traffic at the Grand Opera in Paris.

Carriages and cars near the facade of the Opera. 3. Germany.

Kiel.

German Navy shipyard, 25 September 1897. Launching of the first armoured cruiser of the German Imperial Navy, the Furst-Bismarck.

The ship moves off the slipway.

Crowd. 4. Bathing horses.

Horses and boys bathe in the river. 5. Steeplechase.

Cavalrymen with pikes overcome obstacles. 6. Arena.

Bullfight.

Bull.

Toreadors. 7. Spanish dance.

Dancers perform a dance in front of the camera. 8. Dance duet.

Two dancers dance, one of them with a bouquet. 9. Roller skating.

A fat gentleman skates and falls.

Gets up, falls and gets up again, spins. 10. Niagara Falls.

Views of the falls.

Sightseers on the observation deck. 11. Rocky river bank.

Rapid current. 12. Training ship at sea.

Sailors are sailing in lifeboats. 13. Football match, 1896. Fragment of the match.

They are playing football. 14. Austria-Hungary.

Budapest, Parade Square, June 8, 1896. Camera operator: Charles Moisson.

Celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Royal cortege.

Passage of four royal carriages.

Cavalrymen with banners. 15. Austria-Hungary.

Budapest, Chain Bridge, June 1896. Camera operator: Charles Moisson.

View of the bridge.

Carts and carriages enter the bridge, pedestrians move.