Drama in the Air (1904)

Original title

Un drame dans les airs

Directed by

Gaston Velle

Genre

silent film, adventure film

Country

France

Runtime

3 min

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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

A group of people travel in a hot air balloon and face an unexpected mishap. The film follows their attempt to handle the situation as the balloon drifts through the sky.

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What happens

Drama in the Air, also known as Tragedy in Mid-Air, is a 1904 French silent short film directed by Gaston Velle and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. The original French title is Un drame dans les airs. It is loosely based on the novel A Drama in the Air by Jules Verne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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