Défilé du 8e bataillon (1896)

Directed by

Constant Girel

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film from 1896 shows a military parade of the 8th Battalion in Lausanne, Switzerland. The camera is placed on a street capturing soldiers marching past along with some onlookers watching the event.

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What happens

Lausanne, défilé du 8ème bataillon è un cortometraggio del 1896 diretto da Constant Girel. Catalogo Lumiere n. 316 Svizzera, Losanna, piazza Saint-François: sfilata dell'8º Battaglione. Constant Girel documenta il passaggio dei militari, posizionando la cinepresa in una strada e inquadrando anche alcuni spettatori della sfilata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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