Attelage d'un camion

1897 Documentary 49 seconds

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About Attelage d'un camion

A team of horses is hitched to a very large cart and hauls it past the camera.

More about Attelage d'un camion

A Société Lumière view of 1897, running 49 seconds. No director is named on the catalog or on Wikidata.

Themes

Background

A 1897 Lumière street view of a horse team put to a heavy cart.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The title means hitching up a truck, in the horse-drawn sense.
  • The view runs 49 seconds.
  • The cart is large enough that the catalog calls the load heavy.

Scenes

  • The team takes the strain and the cart moves.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Attelage d’un camion - Court métrage 1897.webm)