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Film, Video Course en sacs Course en sacs de Louis Lumière / Sack race / Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française

About this Item

Title

  • Course en sacs

Other Title

  • Course en sacs de Louis Lumière
  • Sack race
  • Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française

Summary

  • Shows several men participating in a potato sack race as men, women, children, and dogs watch.

Names

  • Lumière, Louis, 1864-1948, camera.
  • Société anonyme des plaques et papiers photographiques.
  • Cinémathèque française Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • France : La Société Lumière, 1896.

Headings

  • -  Sack racing--France

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  English language translation title, Sack race, is supplied for the France in America project.
  • -  On one reel/videocassette with 58 other Lumière shorts.
  • -  Catalogue Lumière no. 109.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: La production cinématographique des frères Lumière, p. 190; Sadoul, G. Louis Lumière; M/B/RS Acquisition files (Cinémathèque française file).

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 20 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (ca. 33 sec.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VXF 0171 (viewing copy)
  • FCA 5142 (viewing print)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 70710466

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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Chicago citation style:

Lumière, Louis, Camera, Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. Course En Sacs. France: La Société Lumière, 1896. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/70710466/.

APA citation style:

Lumière, L., Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques & Cinémathèque Française Collection. (1896) Course En Sacs. France: La Société Lumière. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/70710466/.

MLA citation style:

Lumière, Louis, Camera, Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. Course En Sacs. France: La Société Lumière, 1896. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/70710466/>.