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Overview of the events of 1897 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Overview of the events of 1897 in film
Events January 1 - The first set of films were shown in the Philippines for the first time using 60 mm Gaumont Chrono -photograph projector at the Salon de Pertierra No. 12 Escolta , Manila. The first film shown was Espectaculo Scientifico and followed by other four movies, namely, Un Homme Au Chapeau (Man with a Hat) , Une scène de danse japonnaise (Scene from a Japanese Dance) , Les Boxers (The Boxers) , and La Place de L' Opéra (The Place L' Opéra) .[1]
January 28 – The first Venezuelan -made films are screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo , two locally-made actuality shorts, Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo [2]
May 4 – During a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris , a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the projector lamp. The fire spreads and becomes catastrophic, ultimately resulting in 126 deaths.[3]
June 20 – Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession filmed.
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The American Vitagraph Company is founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in Brooklyn .
Mitchell and Kenyon go into a film-making partnership at Blackburn in the north of England.[5] Enoch J. Rector develops a 63 mm film format called Veriscope , which films The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight Thomas Henry Blair develops a 48 mm film format called Viventoscope. Films released in 1897 After The Ball Georges Méliès . First film to create the illusion of female nudity through a skin looking designed costumeBaignade dans le torrent , directed by Alice Guy-Blaché La Bandera Argentina, believed for a long time to have been the first Argentine film. Now considered
lost Between Calais and Dover Georges Méliès . A fictitious sea crossingThe Bewitched Inn L'Auberge Ensorcelee ), directed by Georges Méliès Buffalo Police on Parade , produced by Edison Studios The Cabinet of Mephistopheles (aka The Laboratory of Mephistopheles ), directed by George Melies.[6] Chicago Police Parade , directed by Louis Lumière The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight Enoch J. Rector . The first film shot in widescreen. At an hour and 40 minutes, it is the first known feature film ever madeCupid and Psyche , produced by Edison Studios. May be the first film to feature stop motion animation in cinema Faust and Marguerite , directed by George Melies.[7] George Albert Smith (film pioneer) (British)
[8] The Haverstraw Tunnel Horses Loading for Klondike , directed by James H. WhiteThe Hypnotist at Work , directed by Georges Méliès [9] Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde
, directed by Peter Elfelt; the first Danish movie sequence ever filmedThe Last Cartridges Leander Sisters , produced by Edison StudiosLumière brothers
. May include the first moving camera shot in cinemaLurline Baths , produced by Edison StudiosMaking Sausages , directed by George Albert Smith The Milker's Mishap New Pillow Fight Siegmund Lubin Niagara Falls , directed by Louis Lumière George Albert Smith
On the Roofs Georges Méliès American Mutoscope Company
. A comedyPrince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets Cricket Spanish cinema
. Probably the first film made in Spain by a SpaniardSea Fighting in Greece Georges Méliès . A dramatised naval war sceneSeminary Girls , directed by James H. WhiteSpanish Bullfight , directed by Louis Lumière The Surrender of Tournavos Georges Méliès . A dramatised war sceneSutro Baths, No. 1 , produced by Edison StudiosA Twentieth Century Surgeon , directed by George MeliesGeorge Albert Smith. Cited as one of the first examples of special effects by
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