La Voltige (1895)

Original title

La voltige

Directed by

Louis Lumière

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

40 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a very early silent film from 1895. It shows people practicing horse riding tricks in Lyon, France.

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What happens

La Voltige (also known as Horse Trick Riders) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. 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 Cinématographe on December 28, 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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