Voici la vaste Méditerranée. Elle est encore immobile, comme dans un tableau. Un jeune homme, debout sur une poutre, s'apprête à s'élancer dans les flots. Vous admirez ce gracieux paysage. A un signal, les vagues s'avancent en écumant, le baigneur pique une tête, il est suivi par d'autres qui courent plonger dans la mer. L'eau jaillit de leur chute, le flot se brise sur leur tête ; ils sont renversés par le brisant, ils glissent sur les rochers.

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La Poste, Paris, 30 décembre 1895.

De jeunes plongeurs se jettent dans la mer. Une grosse dame en sort, toute ruisselante d’eau. Elle s’accroche péniblement aux rochers de la grève.

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Le Petit Marseillais, Marseille, 25 mars 1896, p. 3.

Una spiaggia di mare flagellata dalle onde, popolata di·bagnanti che saltano e sguazzano allegramente nell'acqua.

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Rivista Scientifico-Artistica di Fotografia, Milano, p. 302-303.

The first view was “A Dip in the Sea” and showed several little boys running along a plank on stilts, and diving into the waves, which dashed upon the shore in the most natural manner.

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New York Dramatic Mirror, New York, 4 juillet 1896, p. 17.

Among the most vivid of the views were those depicting sea bathing. The billows came in just as they do at Coney Island or Rockaway, except that they did not bring with them the usual Coney Island supply of dead pets and passe vegetables. The youngsters floundered round in the surf in a way that did one good. More startling, at least to the feminine portion of the audience, was the diving scene from the ancient baths at Milan. Sturdy young fellows ran out on the planks in quick succession, made an arrow of their hands and went headlong to the water below, sometimes turning two or three somersaults in the descent. A reminiscence of the vaudeville was afforded by the negro minstrel scene, which was accompanied by lively playing of the banjo. Two of the finest pictures were reserved for the last. A Norway waterfall and procession of villagers was one; the other and last was the famous gondola scene from Venice. Soft music was to have been played while the gondola glided along the canal; but the zeal of the cinematographe operator outran his discretion and the view was run off before the muse could be invoked.

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The Daily Standard Union, New York, 28 novembre 1896, p. 3.