Narrator, Bertrand Tavernier. "Presented by the Lumière Brothers' Association and the Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie"--Container. Originally produced in 1996.
Summary:
A look at the birth of the motion picture through 85 of the more than 1,500 films made by the Lumière Brothers between 1895 and 1897. These films include views of Moscow, New York, Paris, Saigon, and Jerusalem; vignettes of life in France; and comedy shorts.
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