Coolies in Saigon
About Coolies in Saigon
Two lines of workers pull a steamroller along a street in Saigon.
Cast & crew
More about Coolies in Saigon
Constant Girel directed this Lumière actuality. Wikidata times it at one minute. The French title on the Commons file is Coolies à Saïgon. Saigon is now Ho Chi Minh City.
Themes
Background
Filmed in Saigon in 1897, when the city was in French Indochina.
Look
A single street view of the two lines and the roller.
Notes
- The machine is a steamroller, hauled by two files of men rather than driven under its own power in the shot.
- The catalog uses the period word in the title. The picture itself is the street and the roller.
Scenes
- Two lines of workers haul the steamroller down the street.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Coolies à Saïgon - Court métrage 1897.webm)
