Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi (1898)

Directed by

Alexandre Michon

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire, Azerbaijan

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 is a very early silent film showing people walking in a city park in Baku. It captures a simple public scene from the late 1800s.

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What happens

Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi (People's walk in the city park) is one of the earliest films produced in the cinema of Azerbaijan. Directed by Azeri cinema pioneer Aleksandr Mişon, it was filmed on May 31, 1898 and released on June 21, 1898 in Baku. The film was shot on 35mm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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