Sardine Fishing
About Sardine Fishing
Fishermen back from the catch sit in a boat and pull sardines out of the net.
Cast & crew
More about Sardine Fishing
Louis Lumière filmed the boat in 1896. The view runs 48 seconds. The French title is Pêche aux sardines.
Themes
Background
A Lumière fishing view of 1896, framed on the boat rather than on the shore crowd.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The fish are already in the net. The view is the unloading, not the cast.
- It runs 48 seconds.
- No port is named on the catalog entry.
Scenes
- Hands pull sardines free of the net in the boat.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Pêche aux sardines - Court métrage 1896.webm)
