Restored footage from 1896 of the cities Paris and Lyon in France. You can see pedestrians and vehicles of the past in various locations across the two cities. This footage was primarily filmed and produced by pioneers of motion pictures, the Lumière brothers. Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière created one of the first motion picture cameras, the Cinématographe Lumière. Locations featured in this video are: The Eiffel Tower, Place des Cordeliers, Place de la Concorde, and Place du Pont. Footage

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