La Mer (film)
La Mer (also known as The Sea) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière  on 28 December 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. Production
As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the , an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. Plot
This 38 second film has a very simple plot in which four boys and a plump woman (perhaps their mother) walk along a jetty and then dive into stormy water, only to then struggle to the shore and repeat the process. References

External links
 
 Complete video at The Lumiere Institute
 

1895 films
French black-and-white films
French silent short films
French short documentary films
Films directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière
1890s short documentary films
Black-and-white documentary films
1890s French films