The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"
| The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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Release date | 1902 |
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" (French: Catastrophe du Ballon 'Le Pax') was a 1902 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 398 in its catalogues.[1]
The film is a recreation of a
dirigible, the Pax. They intended to fly from Paris to Issy-les-Moulineaux. However, while the aeronauts were still over Paris at about 400 meters' altitude, the motor stopped and the dirigible exploded. Both Severo and Saché were killed.[3]
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" is the second-to-last of
Méliès's "reconstructed newsreels" (staged re-enactments of current events), made between The Eruption of Mount Pelee and The Coronation of Edward VII.[4] It is currently presumed lost.[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Malthête & Mannoni 2008, p. 28
- ^ Lecornu, Joseph Louis (1903), La navigation aérienne: histoire, documentation et anecdotique, Paris: Nony, pp. 465–467, retrieved 6 December 2014
- ^ Rosen, Miriam (1987), "Méliès, Georges", in Wakeman, John (ed.), World Film Directors: Volume I, 1890–1945, New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, p. 755
