Un paseo a Playa Ancha

1903 Documentary Directed by Maurice Massonnier

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About Un paseo a Playa Ancha

At Playa Ancha in Valparaíso, a group dances and then lays out an outdoor lunch.

Cast & crew

More about Un paseo a Playa Ancha

Maurice Albert Massonnier, a Frenchman, directed this black-and-white actuality. Wikidata also lists him as Maurice Saturnin Massonnier. It was filmed in Valparaíso on 8 December 1903 and first shown on 16 December 1903 at the Biógrafo Lumière and at the national theatre of Valparaíso.

Themes

  • A beach outing
  • Local dancing
  • Lunch outdoors
  • Playa Ancha
  • Valparaíso
  • dance
  • lunch
  • 1903

Preservation

Restored in France in the 1990s by Daniel Sandoval. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The English Wikipedia calls it the oldest known surviving Chilean film for which a record exists.
  • Daniel Sandoval restored it in France in the 1990s.
  • A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Scenes

  • Dancers at Playa Ancha give way to people setting out a meal on the ground.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Un paseo a Playa Ancha)