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A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then local Arab residents, then Jewish residents of the cit...

The Republic Square in Paris in 1897

Street scene in Liverpool.

An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as...

A group of friends playing tennis.

"Musicians are seated, playing, while the graceful Dolorita dances. It is the Danse-du-Ventre, the famous Oriental muscle dance."

Dockworkers load a barrel onto the platform of a wagon.

A boy steps on the hose a gardener is using to water his garden. The gardener, surprised to see the jet stop, examines the nozzle; at that moment the...

In front of a cheering crowd, President Félix Faure, surrounded by his escort, salutes as he moves forward.

The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by the famous Clifford, Sloane up.