Lion, London Zoological Gardens
| Lion, London Zoological Gardens | |
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 Screenshot from the film | |
| Directed by | Alexandre Promio |
| Produced by | Auguste and Louis Lumière |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent film |
Lion, London Zoological Gardens (French: Lions, Jardin zoologique, Londres) is a 1896 French short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière and directed by Alexandre Promio, featuring a male lion reaching through the bars of its enclosure at London Zoological Gardens to get at the meat thrown by its keeper. The film was part of a series, including Tigers and Pelicans, which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film.[1]
Current status[]
This short film is available to freely download from the Internet.
References[]
- ^ "Pelicans, Lion, and Tigers at London Zoological Gardens". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
External links[]
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- 1896 films
- French films
- French silent short films
- French black-and-white films
- Films set in zoos
- Films about lions
- 1890s short films
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