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Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi (1898)

Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi poster
Directed by
Alexandre Michon
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
Russian Empire, Azerbaijan
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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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