The Whistling Bowery Boy (1904)

Directed by

Oskar Messter

Genre

silent film

Country

German Empire

Runtime

3 min

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 German sound film from 1904. It shows a whistling boy and was screened at the World's Fair.

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What happens

The Whistling Bowery Boy ist ein Tonbild des Jahres 1904. Der Film hatte eine Länge von ca. 75 Metern auf einer Filmrolle. Die Produktionsfirma Oskar Messters Projektions GmbH Berlin von Oskar Messter stellte diesen frühen Film her. Er wurde auf der Weltausstellung 1904 in St. Louis in englischer Sprache vorgeführt. Die Geschwindigkeit dabei betrug 20 Bilder pro Sekunde, das entspricht einer Länge von ca. 3 Min. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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