La Mer

Duration: 1:00

Year Published: 1895

Creator: Louis Lumière

Complete Record: La Mer (also known as The Sea) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière Cinématographe on December 28, 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. Five men dive walk along a jetty, dive into the water, swim to the shoreline, and repeat the process.