Cologne, pont de bateaux (1896) This actuality film from the Lumiere Brothers takes place in Cologne on what appears to be a boardwalk. The camera pretty much stays in place as it captures the daily activity of what is going on. This actuality film is actually fairly entertaining because you get a great idea of what was going on on an average day. There's obviously nothing ground- breaking here and this film certainly didn't change the face of film history but it's an interesting view to what it was like in this location back in 1896. Thankfully there are plenty of movies like this that weren't lost to time and it's the closest thing we will ever have to seeing what the world was once like.