Le Steeple-chase

The Magic Rosette

Praxinoscope strip of a shifting rosette. Series 2, number 5.

1878

Le Jongleur

Praxinoscope animation of a juggler balancing a spinning plate on their nose. Series 1, number 2.

1878

L'Équilibriste

Praxinoscope animation of a child laying down balancing a drum upon his upraised legs. Series 1, number 3.

1878

Les Bulles de Savon

Praxinoscope animation of a girl in a blue dress blowing soap bubbles. Series 1, number 5.

1878

Le Rotisseur

Praxinoscope animation of a chef rotating meat on a spit while spooning drippings over it. Series 1, number 6.

1878

Les Chiens Savants

Praxinoscope animation of a boy holding a hoop for two trained dogs to leap through. Series 1, number 8.

1878

Les Papillons

Praxinoscope animation of a butterfly fluttering about a flower. Series 2, number 6.

1878

Le Trapèze

Praxinoscope animation of a man spinning around a trapeze. Series 2, number 7.

1878

La Charmeuse

Praxinoscope animation of a girl charming a flock of birds. Series 3, number 1.

1878

La Balançoire

Praxinoscope animation of two children playing on a homemade teeter-totter. Series 3, number 2.

1878

Le Fumeur

Praxinoscope animation of a man sitting backwards in a char smoking a cigar, while a dog jumps up at him. Series 3, number 5.

1878

Le Repas des Poulets

Praxinoscope animation of a woman feeding chickens. Series 1, number 4

1878

La Nageuse

Praxinoscope animation of a swimmer. Series 2, number 8.

1878

Dancing on the Rope

Early Praxinoscope strip showing a girl dancing on a tightrope. Series 1, Number 7.

1878

The Aquarium

Praxinoscope reel, Series 1, number 1

1878

Le Jeu de Corde

Praxinoscope of a girl in a blue dress skipping rope. Series 1, number 9

1878

Zim, Boum, Boum

Praxinoscope animation of a green-suited boy wearing a drum and cymbal. Series 1, number 10

1878

Le Jeu du Volant

Praxinoscope animations of a girl in a blue dress bouncing a shuttlecock on a badminton racket. Series 2, number 2

1878

Incubala of Animation

A patchwork of the first animated movies from the collections of La Cinémathèque française : Stroboscopic Discs (1833), Zoetropes (since 1867), Reynau

2018

Holy Smoke!

An animated film made by Walerian Borowczyk for W.D. & H.O. Wills. A very pompous cigar smoker reminisces about the good old days when the lower class

1963