Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women

1901 Documentary 45 seconds Directed by Gabriel Veyre

About Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women

Two Western women throw coins, and Vietnamese children scramble to pick them up. Gabriel Veyre directed the Lumière view. The French title is Enfants annamites ramassant des sapèques. Sapèques are the coins.

Cast & crew

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Wikidata times it at 45 seconds. The producing country is listed as France. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

Background

Veyre filmed it in French Indochina for the Lumière catalog.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Annamite is the word in the French title for the children.
  • The women throw. The children gather.
  • No one is named.

Scenes

  • The coins hit the ground and the children go after them.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Enfants annamites ramassant des sapèques)