Doublier was present at much of the very first Lumière film activity: he claimed to be in the first Lumière film, Sortie des Usines, riding on a bicycle and wearing a straw hat. Doublier's first major trip abroad was with Moisson to introduce the Cinématographe to Russia. Having passed through Amsterdam (where he established a Lumière show) Doublier arrived in Russia.
On 17 May 1896 films were shown for the first time in Russia when Doublier presented a Lumière programme at St. Petersburg that included such titles as Partie d'Ecarté and Arrivée d'un Train, but the first film show came after the first filming, for an equally important reason for going was to film the coronation of Tsar Nikolas II on 14 May. Special permission had to be sought by the French embassy from a suspicious Russian government before it was possible to set up a stand, from where Doublier and Charles Moisson recorded the first moving pictures in Russia.
They were also there two days later to record the presentation of the Tsar to his people, when a stand gave way, panic ensued and thousands were trampled to death. Doublier and Moisson's cameras faithfully recorded the scene, but the films were confiscated.
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