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Film, Video Dogs used as smugglers

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Dogs used as smugglers

Summary

  • 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 the dogs and a single smuggler reach their destination.

Names

  • Hatot, Georges, 1876-1959, direction
  • Heuzé, André, writing
  • Pathé frères (France)
  • Pathé Frères (U.S.)
  • AFI/NFSA-Australia Collection (Library of Congress)
  • AFI/Baker (Glenn L.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Pathé Frères, 1906.

Headings

  • -  Dogs--Drama
  • -  Smugglers--Spain--Drama
  • -  Smugglers--France--Drama

Genre

  • Animal films
  • Crime films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Originally released in France in 1906 by Pathé Frères under the title, Chiens contrebandiers.
  • -  Aside from the title, there may be no changes from the original; contains no intertitles.
  • -  Director credit, Georges Hatot, from Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1896 à 1906, p. 935. Lucien Nonguet is listed as director in AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 276.
  • -  Summary mainly from National Film Archive catalogue on BFI film & TV database.
  • -  Pathé no. 1459.
  • -  Viewing print, copy 2 not viewed; content and length of the viewing prints may vary.
  • -  Sources used: Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1896 à 1906, p. 935; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 276; BFI film & TV database, Oct. 24, 2006; AFI STAR database record no. 4232; Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé WWW site, viewed August 6, 2021.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 515 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 515 ft.?) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEC 2907 (viewing print)
  • FEB 6953 (viewing print, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006640754

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heuzé, André, Writing, Pathé Frères, U.S Pathé Frères, Afi/Nfsa-Australia Collection, and Afi/Baker. Dogs Used as Smugglers. directeds by Hatot, Georges, Ection United States: Pathé Frères, 1906. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006640754/.

APA citation style:

Heuzé, A., Pathé Frères, Pathé Frères, U. S., Afi/Nfsa-Australia Collection & Afi/Baker. (1906) Dogs Used as Smugglers. Hatot, G., dir United States: Pathé Frères. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006640754/.

MLA citation style:

Heuzé, André, Writing, et al. Dogs Used as Smugglers. dir by Hatot, Georges, Ection United States: Pathé Frères, 1906. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006640754/>.