Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche

1900 Documentary 47 seconds Directed by Alexandre Promio

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About Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche

Sailors row a whaling boat. The camera is close enough to read the oars and the men, not a distant ship. The French title means a view taken from a whaleboat under way. A catalog credit names Alexandre Promio. Wikidata lists no named director. The listed length is 47 seconds. A Commons file of the view is dated 1897. This record keeps 1900.

Cast & crew

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No company is on the Wikidata row. No player is billed.

Themes

  • Rowers in a whaleboat
  • whaleboat
  • rowers
  • Promio

Look

A medium-tight camera rides with the rowers.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The shot is from the boat, not from shore.
  • Promio is only the catalog credit.
  • The 1897 date is on a Commons filename, not on this record's year.
  • 47 seconds is the listed length.

Scenes

  • The oars work in a tight frame as the boat moves.

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