Washing the Streets of Porto Rico (1898)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

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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 is a silent short film from 1898 showing workers cleaning streets in Puerto Rico. It was an early production from the Selig company.

historicalobservationalshortsilentmundanestraightforwarddocumentary-like

What happens

Washing the Streets of Porto Rico è un cortometraggio muto del 1898. Il nome del regista non viene riportato nei credit. Fu il secondo film prodotto e distribuito dalla Selig, una casa di produzione fondata nel 1896 a Chicago. "Una scena molto particolare che mostra il metodo di lavare le strade di Porto Rico e di particolare interesse ora che questo paese fa parte del dominio dello zio Sam. Questo è un film particolarmente brillante, perfetto in ogni dettaglio ed essere qualcosa fuori dall'ordinario ha avuto molto successo" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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