Underplayed Gems

Voitures automobiles (1899)

Voitures automobiles poster
Directed by
Clément Maurice
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a one-minute silent documentary showing cars on a trip from Paris to Meulan. It was filmed in 1896 and restored by French film archives.

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What happens

Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan est un document cinématographique d'une minute qui fait partie de la série Loisirs et fêtes populaires à Paris, produite par les Films Lumière. Projeté pour la première fois en 1899, ce film a été tourné le 14 mai 1896. Il fait partie des documents restaurés par les Archives françaises du film du Centre national du cinéma. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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