Documentaires sur les metiers artisanaux en voie de dispar

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poster Demolition of a Wall
Demolition of a Wall
1mn - Documentary
Auguste Lumiùre directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumiùre factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa

poster Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang
Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang
(3.2/5)
12mn - Action
In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly intere

poster Games of Youth
Games of Youth
1mn - Documentary
Compilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons]. In a sunny day, on a law

poster Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke
Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Carmaux is in south-central France, near the Tarn River. As a brick of coke, about four feet high and three feet wide, is gradually pushed out of a smelter into a yard, one worker sprays it with water fro

poster Washerwomen on the River
Washerwomen on the River
1mn - Documentary
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
poster Lyon: Quai de l'ArchevĂȘchĂ©
Lyon: Quai de l'ArchevĂȘchĂ©
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
The floods of the SaĂŽne river during the first week of November, 1896.
poster DĂ©chargement d’un navire
DĂ©chargement d’un navire
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.
poster The Broken Violin
The Broken Violin
3mn - Drama
If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until

poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
poster Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
(3.5/5)
7mn - Romance
Le MĂ©nage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from France. It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. It in

poster Girona, the Spanish Venice
Girona, the Spanish Venice
3mn - Documentary
One of ChomĂłn's documentary films: A short tour of the city of Girona, the "Venice of Spain". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
poster Avenue de l'Opéra
Avenue de l'Opéra
(2.8/5)
2mn - Documentary
A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.
poster Vendémiaire
Vendémiaire
(3.6/5)
149mn - Drama
If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus VendĂ©miaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, VendĂ©miaire is wonder

poster Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
(3.7/5)
94mn - History, Drama
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is sh

poster Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
(2.7/5)
5mn -
The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assi

poster Life After Pi
Life After Pi
(3.8/5)
30mn - Documentary
“Life After Pi” is a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios, the L.A. based Visual Effects company that won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on “Life of Pi”– just two weeks after de

poster His First Job
His First Job
5mn - Comedy
Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The Cameraman
The Cameraman
(4/5)
66mn - Comedy, Romance, Drama
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
poster Taken for a Ride
Taken for a Ride
(4/5)
52mn - Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
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