Bicyclist
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About Bicyclist
In a Lumière actuality catalogued as number 17, Francis Doublier rides a bicycle in the street and does tricks while a small crowd watches. Louis Lumière directed the one-minute view for Société Lumière. There is no story beyond the ride.
Cast & crew
More about Bicyclist
Louis Lumière directed. Auguste Lumière shares the producer credit on later listings. The film is Lumière catalog number 17, Bicycliste. Doublier was a teenage employee of the firm and also appears on a bicycle in Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory.
Themes
Background
Made in 1896, the year after the Lumière public screenings at the Grand Café, when the catalog was filling up with street views and trick rides.
Making
Doublier worked as both a performer in the early views and, soon after, as a Lumière operator sent out with a camera.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
The view survives as Lumière catalog number 17.
Notes
- Lumière film catalog number 17.
- The English title used here is Bicyclist; the French title is Bicycliste.
- It was later included in the compilation The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996).
Scenes
- Doublier turns the bicycle through tricks in front of the onlookers.
