Lost 1897 Film Discovered in US Attic, Offering Glimpse of Early Cinema
A battered wooden trunk, passed down through a family for a century, was found to contain a lost 1897 film, offering a rare glimpse into early cinema.
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Lost film of French cinema pioneer retrieved from US attic
The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century, shifted from attic to barn to garage. No one knew a cinematic treasure was inside. That was until retired high school teacher Bill McFarland's curiosity got the better of him. Spliced in the middle of one of 10 reels was a lost short film by Georges Melies, a French cinema pioneer – the first to experiment with fictional narratives and special effects at the very dawn of moving pictures.
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The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century, shifted from attic to barn to garage as it was handed down through the generations. No one knew a cinematic treasure...
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