A Pet of the Cairo Zoo (1912)

Directed by

Sidney Olcott

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent documentary from 1912 shows animals at the Cairo Zoo. The film simply presents the animals in their enclosures for the audience to observe.

old-fashionedobservationalquiethistoricalobjectivecalmstraightforward

What happens

Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott; September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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