Coolies à Saïgon (1897)

Directed by

Constant Girel

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short silent documentary shows laborers at work in Saigon. It simply records their daily tasks without any added story or commentary.

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What happens

Coolies à Saigon est un court métrage documentaire muet français réalisé par François-Constant Girel en 1897 et produit par la Société Lumière. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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