Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets (1897)
- Directed by
- Henry Walter Barnett
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 4 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.
How it feels
A 1897 silent documentary shows Prince Ranjitsinhji batting in a cricket net. It is one of the oldest surviving films about the sport.
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What happens
Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets was a 1897 film of the cricketer Ranjitsinhji. This film attributed to Henry Walter Barnett, is one of the earliest surviving about cricket. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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