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Film, Video La poule phénomène Phenomenal hen / Special effects reel / Chicken

About this Item

Title

  • La poule phénomène

Other Title

  • Phenomenal hen
  • Special effects reel
  • Chicken

Summary

  • 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 go back into their eggs, which are broken into the pot. From the pot, the magician pulls out the chicken, alive!

Names

  • Pathé frères (France)

Created / Published

  • France : Pathé frères, 1905.

Headings

  • -  Chickens
  • -  Magic

Genre

  • Trick films
  • Short films
  • Silent films

Notes

  • -  French and English language titles from AFI STAR database record no. 40291.
  • -  Beginning and end titles lacking.
  • -  Most of summary from AFI STAR database record no. 40291.
  • -  Pathé no. 1239.
  • -  Copy 1 is on one reel with five other films. Followed by A touching pleading, [Story of Christ], Liliputian dance, The enchanted glasses, and The golden beetle.
  • -  Copy 2 is on one reel with copy 2 of A touching pleading.
  • -  The digital file and Betacam SP were made from the viewing print, copy 1 (FBC 7678).
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: AFI STAR database record no. 40291; American Film Institute online catalog; Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1896 à 1906, p. 906.

Medium

  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (ca. 3 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VRA 1876 (viewing copy)
  • FBC 7678 (viewing print)
  • FAC 1315 (viewing print, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006640662

Online Format

  • video

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Rights & Access

The materials in France in America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, France in America.

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Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Pathé Frères. La Poule Phénomène. France: Pathé frères, 1905. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006640662/.

APA citation style:

Pathé Frères. (1905) La Poule Phénomène. France: Pathé frères. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006640662/.

MLA citation style:

Pathé Frères. La Poule Phénomène. France: Pathé frères, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006640662/>.