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Film, VideoBuying a cow
Achat embarrassant | Embarrassing purchase An urban husband and wife, walking in the countryside outside Paris, are so impressed with the delicious taste of a cow's milk that they buy the cow and try to bring it...- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Afi/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - George Kleine (Firm)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoThe rival brothers' patriotism
Patriotisme des frères rivaux Two brothers, Jim and Robert, who are rivals for the same woman, Mary, enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. Six months later at camp, Jim inadvertently reads Mary's letter...- Contributor: American Kinema - Afi/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Film, VideoA visit to Theodore Roosevelt at his home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., 1912
Original U.S. release title: Visit to the illustrious colonel | French language translation title: Visite à l'illustre colonel | Theodore Roosevelt First film footage taken of Theodore Roosevelt at his home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island, summer of 1912. Views of the house and surrounding grounds. Roosevelt reviews his mail, assisted...- Contributor: Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch) - Helm, William P. (William Pickett) - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Roosevelt Memorial Association - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Roosevelt, Theodore
- Date: 1920
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Film, VideoNapoleon
Napoléon Maximilien Charlier. Incomplete: film is apparently complete in three reels. LC copy combines parts of r1-3. Intertitles: Bonaparte at the Arcole Bridge; The Egyptian campaign, the pyramids; Crossing Mont St. Bernard; Fête...- Contributor: Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Charlier, Maximilien
- Date: 1909-01-01
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Film, VideoIndians and cow-boys
Indians and cowboys | Original French title: Indiens et cow-boys | Indiens et cow-boys A captured Indian marauder is beaten by a gang of cowboys. Seeking vengeance, the Indians attack a stagecoach and abduct its passengers. The cowboys ride in pursuit and successfully rescue the captives.- Contributor: Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - S. Lubin (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - George Kleine (Firm) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Date: 1904-01-01
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Film, VideoThe truth revealed
Lavendières | Lavandières The young squire impudently stops at the stream where the women are washing clothes. His unsuccessful efforts to flirt with one of them, Mary, are caught in a photograph by his companion....- Contributor: Afi/Miller (Cecil) Collection (Library of Congress) - Lux (Firm) - Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Co
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Film, VideoA slave's love
Amour d'esclave | Unidentified Tempereau | Unidentified hand colored drama Costume drama set in Athens. Polymos lies dejectedly on a couch. He cannot be distracted by the wealth and pleasures around him and puts his hands to his temples as if he...- Contributor: Capellani, Albert - Moreau, Gabriel - Afi/Tempereau (Fred) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Carré, Michel - Bennard, Darenne
- Date: 1907-01-01
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Film, VideoThe carrot caterpillar
Chenille de la carotte The carrot caterpillar hides among and feeds on the leafy foliage in carrot fields. A man demonstrates how difficult it is to detect and remove them from the carrot plants. They propel...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Film, VideoFor the papoose
French language translation title: Pour le papoose | Pour le papoose A white man is tired of his Indian bride and falls in love with the daughter of a white settler. He escapes with the white girl and his child, but is pursued...- Contributor: Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1912
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Film, VideoThe clockmaker's secret
Secret de l'horloger | Clock-maker's secret A clockmaker sells his soul to the devil, but good triumphs over evil in the end.- Contributor: Afi/Raes (Walter K. And Marika A.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Velle, Gaston - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Pathé Frères (France)
- Date: 1907-01-01
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Film, VideoLa poule aux œufs d'or. [Part] 4, Le châtiment de l'avare apothéose
Châtiment de l'avare apothéose | English release title: Hen with the golden eggs | English language part title: Miser's punishment | Alternate English release title: Hen that laid the golden eggs | Alternate English release title: Hen and golden eggs | Inventory title: Dance film | Title on AFI transfer memo: Unidentified Pathe 1905 film | Hen with the golden eggs | Miser's punishment | Hen that laid the golden eggs | Hen and golden eggs | Dance film | Unidentified Pathe 1905 film Beset by remorse, a man is about to slaughter a hen when the devil appears. When he takes his knife to the hen, an egg appears. It turns into a witch, casting...- Contributor: La Fontaine, Jean De - Velle, Gaston - Afi/Vermont Historical Society Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Mathieu, Julienne - Chomón, Segundo De
- Date: 1905
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Film, VideoThe golden lily
Lys d'or | Unidentified Gaumont A poor, elderly violinist takes refuge in a cathedral. When he plays his violin there, the Madonna appears before him and gives him a golden lily. He tries to sell the lily...- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Afi/Atkinson (Dennis) Collection (Library of Congress) - George Kleine (Firm) - Perret, Léonce
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Film, VideoDogs used as smugglers With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to customs officers, a fierce skirmish results and only...
- Contributor: Heuzé, André - Afi/Nfsa-Australia Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Afi/Baker (Glenn L.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Hatot, Georges
- Date: 1906-01-01
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Film, VideoTristan and Isolda
Tristano e Isotta | Tristan et Yseult | Tristain and Isolda | Tristan and Isolde Accompanied by his slave Rosen, Tristan journeys to Ireland to bring Isolda back to be the bride of his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Rosen, however, is jealous of her master's attentions...- Contributor: Falena, Ugo - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Shepard (David) Collection (Library of Congress) - Mastracchio, Serafino - Pezzinga, Giovanni - Bertini, Francesca - Lorenzoni, Bianca
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Film, VideoChristopher Columbus
Christophe Colomb Reenacts scenes from the life of Christopher Columbus, including the discovery of America.- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Feuillade, Louis - George Kleine (Firm) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Film, Video[The effects of new wine]
Vin nouveau et le mal A family travels by train to the country for a picnic; they are served new wine at a riverside café and then they wander along the banks of a river. Several members...- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1900-01-01
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Film, VideoOn the coast of the Bay of Biscay, France
Sur la côte du Golfe de Gascogne "A travelog of the frontier dividing France and Spain, with views of the Hendaye Coast, France; the village of Fontarabia (i.e., Hondarribia), Spain; Saint Marie Gate at Fontarabia; a shopping center; homes...- Contributor: Eclipse (Firm) - George Kleine (Firm) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Film, VideoA little "Jules Verne"
Petit Jules Verne A boy is put to bed by his mother, but when she leaves the room, he pulls out a book. Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Afi/Baker (Glenn L.) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1907-01-01
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Film, VideoChrysanthemums
Original French title: Chrysanthèmes | Alternate title per MAVIS: Masson reel | Chrysanthèmes | Masson reel Rising from a stage are two vases which separate to reveal a female dancer behind each of the vases. They create magical circles of flowers from which other women emerge. The dancers...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Pathé Frères (France) - Mathieu, Julienne - Afi/Baker (Glenn L.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Chomón, Segundo De
- Date: 1907
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Film, VideoThe golden beetle
Scarabée d'or | Golden scarab | Special effects reel A magician catches a bug, which he throws into a brazier he has conjured up. From the brazier emerges a woman with shimmering wings. The brazier disappears and is replaced by a...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Chomón, Segundo De
- Date: 1907-01-01
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Film, VideoLiliputian dance
Danses lilliputiennes | Special effects reel | Lilliputian dance A basket of flowers appears and moves by itself to the middle of a decorative arch. From the basket, a woman magician appears. From a cylinder, the magician conjures a series of...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1906-01-01
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Film, Video[Story of Christ]
Special effects reel | Histoire de Christ Story of the life of Christ. Includes, among other scenes, the Nativity; Jesus driving the money changers out of the temple; Jesus walking upon the waters; Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead;...- Date: 1905-01-01
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Film, VideoThe enchanted glasses
French title from AFI STAR database: Verres enchanté | Inventory title: Masson reel | Variant inventory title: Unidentified Masson | Collective title from MAVIS: Special effects reel | Verres enchanté | Masson reel | Unidentified Masson | Special effects reel Devilish looking man dances with a dress in his arms. The dress stands up by itself and a woman magician appears in it. She conjures six women and then makes them disappear....- Contributor: Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Pathé Frères (France) - Mathieu, Julienne - Chomón, Segundo De
- Date: 1907
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Film, VideoLa poule phénomène
Phenomenal hen | Special effects reel | Chicken A magician produces a chicken from an immense egg, and then six chicks from eggs laid by that chicken. The chicken is wrapped in paper and put into a pot. The chicks...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France)
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Film, VideoA touching pleading
Emouvant plaidoirie | Special effects reel A lawyer, pleading by the side of his client, bursts into tears with emotion and embraces the sobbing prisoner, who, while in this position, neatly steals the lawyer's watch and chain.- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Pathé Frères (France) - S. Lubin (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date: 1906-01-01
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Film, VideoAfraid of microbes
Peur des microbes | Fear of microbes | Fear of the microbes | Unidentified John Jones A man who fears the influenza microbe buys an antiseptic spray from a pharmacist. On his way home, he insists on spraying everyone he encounters, including the police. A growing group of...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoLost a pretty little dog
Cent francs à qui rapportera | Lost, a pretty dog | Unidentified John Jones A woman and her mother bring a little dog home from a dog shelter in Gennevilliers. The woman's husband comes home, is displeased, and pays a man to steal the dog. The...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoAt the dentist's
Chez le dentiste | At the dentist | Unidentified John Jones Four men with toothaches sit in a dentist's waiting room. One man is brought into the dentist's office and the dentist extracts the man's tooth. The others try to escape once they...- Contributor: Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1907-01-01
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Film, VideoThe Touaregs in their country
Chez les Touaregs | Touraregs in their country Scenes of a Touareg village show the tribe's women, boys posing and fighting, two men fighting with sticks and wrestling, the tying of a turban, equipping and mounting the camels, the parade...- Contributor: Afi/Anonymous Toledo Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoAlong the upper Nile
Tout le long du Nil supérieur Journey of a camel caravan encountering a tribe of Bicharyn Arabs who perform and offer a glimpse of their children.- Contributor: Afi/Anonymous Toledo Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, Video[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition]
Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française | Scènes du Mexique et de l'Exposition universelle de 1900 á Paris French language translation title is supplied for the France in America project. On one reel/videocassette with 50 other Lumière shorts that were originally cataloged under individual titles in M/B/RS film and television...- Contributor: Exposition Universelle - Veyre, Gabriel - Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress) - Santos-Dumont, Alberto - Díaz, Porfirio
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, Video[At the beach and other seaside scenes]
À la plage et d'autres scènes au bord de la mer | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française French language translation title is supplied for the France in America project. Contents titles and Catalogue Lumière numbers from La production cinématographique des frères Lumière. English language release title for Gros temps...- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoBataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, III
Battle of the flowers and float parade, III | Bataille de fleurs--Montreux | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoBataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I
Battle of the flowers and float parade, I | Bataille de fleurs--Montreux | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoFête des fleurs, I
Fête des fleurs, 1 | Flower festival, I | Fête de fleurs à Saigon | Fête de fleurs, 1 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Presents views of a parade in Saigon with flower-covered carriages and floats.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1900-01-01
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Film, VideoCourse en sacs
Course en sacs de Louis Lumière | Sack race | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Shows several men participating in a potato sack race as men, women, children, and dogs watch.- Contributor: Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress) - Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Lumière, Louis
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoLourdes, procession, I
Procession, I | Lourdes, procession, 1 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoLourdes, procession, II
Procession, II | Lourdes, procession, 2 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoPêche aux sardines
Sardine fishing | Démaillage sardines | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Men in fishing boats off the coast of France near Marseille remove sardines from fishing nets.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoLutteurs javanais
Javanese wrestlers | Lutteurs japonais | Japanese wrestlers | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Two fighters demonstrate their art to the accompaniment of musicians.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01