Xyoo 1897

An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as he continues to drink.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss the coronation.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.

The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

Groups of men and women, parading in Interlaken, Switzerland, some of them carrying banners.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

The scene takes place outside a café. Two workers are desperate to be served drinks, and the owner is forced to call in a policeman, who has great difficulty in expelling the two drunks.

Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).