Balaxanı-Sabunçu polis idarəsi süvari qorodovoyların at oynatmaları (1898)

Directed by

Alexandre Michon

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire, Azerbaijan

Runtime

1 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

This silent documentary shows mounted policemen performing riding exercises near Baku. It was one of the first films made in present-day Azerbaijan.

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What happens

Balaxanı-Sabunçu Polis İdarəsi Süvari Qorodovoylarının At Oynatmaları (English: Horse exercises by the mounted gorodovoy of the Balakhani–Sabunchu Police Department) is an 1898 short actuality film directed, produced and photographed by Azerbaijani cinema pioneer Alexandre Michon. It records mounted policemen performing riding exercises in the Balakhani–Sabunchu district near Baku, then part of the Russian Empire. The film is among the earliest motion pictures made in present-day Azerbaijan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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