The IMDb shows this as a series of several films, including Loie Fuller. I only saw the section labelled PAUL NADAR PRACTIQUE L'ESCRIME in which he shows off some lunges with an epee. It was about 19 seconds in length.
I disagree with the other reviewer who calls this unoriginal. True enough, it doesn't show the sort of photography-derived images that the Lumieres were exhibiting, but it does show us Nadar looking at the camera. Other early film-makers had done this, but only in the most formal sense, a magician bowing to his audience, an acknowledgment of their existence. Nadar looks at his audience, and invites them to join with him. He breaks the fourth wall.
I disagree with the other reviewer who calls this unoriginal. True enough, it doesn't show the sort of photography-derived images that the Lumieres were exhibiting, but it does show us Nadar looking at the camera. Other early film-makers had done this, but only in the most formal sense, a magician bowing to his audience, an acknowledgment of their existence. Nadar looks at his audience, and invites them to join with him. He breaks the fourth wall.