La Pêche aux poissons rouges

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| name = La Pêche aux poissons rouges

| image = Cinématographe Lumière.jpg

| caption = The poster advertising the Lumière brothers cinematographe

| director = Louis Lumière

| producer = Louis Lumière

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| music =

| cinematography = Louis Lumière

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| released = {{Film date|1895}}

| runtime = 38 seconds

| country = France

| language = Silent

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La Pêche aux poissons rouges is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent actuality film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. Given its age, this short film is in the public domain and is available to freely download from the Internet.

The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière {{Lang|fr|Cinématographe}} on 28 December 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris.{{cite web| url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/venues.htm |title=Salon Indien, Grand Café, Paris| work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema |accessdate=2007-04-08}}

Production

As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the {{Lang|fr|Cinématographe}}, an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000028/technical |title=Technical Specifications |work=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2007-04-08 }}

Plot

File:Pêche aux poissons rouges.webm

A man (Auguste Lumiere) holds his baby daughter (Andrée Lumiere) on a table next to a bowl containing goldfish. The baby begins putting her hand into the water while the man supports her. The scene is filmed by a stationary camera behind the table.

References

External links

{{IMDb title | 0000028 | La Pêche aux poissons rouges}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070425122431/http://www.institut-lumiere.org/francais/films/1seance/1seance03.html Complete video at The Lumiere Institute] (requires QuickTime)
{{YouTube|Ju4voSzo5CY|La pêche aux poissons rouges}}

Category:1895 films

Category:1895 short films

Category:Articles containing video clips

Category:French black-and-white films

Category:French silent short films

Category:French short documentary films

Category:Films directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière

Category:1890s short documentary films

Category:Black-and-white documentary films

Category:1890s French films

Category:Films about babies

Category:Films about fish