Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

A steamboat coming to port.

Teasing tigers with meat.

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be...

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

A large ship embarking.

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.