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A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too...

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

Traffic and crowd in front of the stalls of a street market.

Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).

Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.

A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

A young man explains to a small boy how to ride a bicycle.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

Porters carry baskets full of fish, while others carry bundles, on their shoulders, in Yokohama harbor.

A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto...

Sardinian horsemen parading, in traditional costumes.

Herding cows

Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.

Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

Short made in Mexico.