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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

About this Item

Title

  • [At the beach and other seaside scenes]

Other Title

  • À la plage et d'autres scènes au bord de la mer
  • Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française

Names

  • Société anonyme des plaques et papiers photographiques.
  • Cinémathèque française Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • France : La Société Lumière, 1896-1900.

Contents

  • [1] Biarritz--la plage et l'éstablissement, Lumière no. 1221, [1900] -- [2] Bains en mer, Lumière no. 656, [1897] -- [3] Biarritz--la plage et la mer, Lumière no. 1220, [1900] -- [4] Barque en mer, Lumière no. 10, [1896] -- [5] Enfants pêchant des crevettes, Lumière no. 45, [1896] -- [6] Biarritz--un rue, Lumière no. 1218, [1900] -- [7] Gros temps en mers, Lumière no. 52, 1896 -- [8] Enfants au bord de la mer, Lumière no. 767, [1897].

Headings

  • -  Seashore--France
  • -  Seashore--Great Britain
  • -  Family recreation
  • -  Biarritz (France)--Description and travel
  • -  La Ciotat (France)--Description and travel

Genre

  • Compilation films
  • Travelogues (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  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 en mers is Bad weather on the sea.
  • -  English language release title for Enfants au bord de la mer is Children at seaside.
  • -  According to the Internet movie database, Enfants pêchant des crevettes (Children fishing for shrimp) was released in the U.S. as Children digging for clams.
  • -  On one reel/videocassette with 51 other Lumière shorts that were originally cataloged under individual titles in M/B/RS film and television preliminary card catalog.
  • -  Some films were filmed at Biarritz, France; Bains en mer, Barque en mer and Enfants au bord de la mer were filmed at La Ciotat, France; Enfants pêchant des crevettes was filmed in Great Britain.
  • -  Biarritz--un rue listed as Biarritz--marine on inventory.
  • -  Some of the films listed in the contents note may also be cataloged under their individual titles in LC online catalog.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: La production cinématographique des frères Lumière, p. 188, 213, 214, 222, 248, 291; Sadoul, G. Louis Lumière; Rittaud-Hutinet, J. Auguste et Louis Lumière, p. 64, 100; M/B/RS Acquisition files (Cinémathèque française file); Internet movie database WWW site, viewed July 13, 2015.

Medium

  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (ca. 6 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 ( 216 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006642000

Online Format

  • video

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. At the Beach and Other Seaside Scenes. France: La Société Lumière, to 1900, 1896. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006642000/.

APA citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques & Cinémathèque Française Collection. (1896) At the Beach and Other Seaside Scenes. France: La Société Lumière, to 1900. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006642000/.

MLA citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. At the Beach and Other Seaside Scenes. France: La Société Lumière, to 1900, 1896. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006642000/>.