Paris Exposition, 1900 (film series)
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| Paris Exposition, 1900 | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Produced by | Georges Méliès |
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Running time | 17 films, 20 meters each[1] Approx. 17 minutes total[2] |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Paris Exposition, 1900 (French: Vues spéciales de l'Exposition de 1900)[1] is a series of seventeen short French silent actuality films made in 1900 by Georges Méliès. The series was a documentary record of the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.[2]
Main series
The following list includes the original French title and the English release title (note that English-language catalogs preceded each title with the series name and a dash, e.g. Paris Exposition, 1900—The Moving Sidewalk), as well the numbers assigned to the films in Méliès's Star Film Company catalogs.[1]
| # | French title | English title |
|---|---|---|
| 245 | La Porte Monumentale | "La Porte Monumentale" |
| 246 | Panorama mouvant pris du trottoir roulant (le Champ-de-Mars) | Moving Panorama, 1 |
| 247 | Panorama mouvant pris du trottoir roulant (l'esplanade des Invalides) | Moving Panorama, 2 |
| 248 | Panorama mouvant pris du trottoir roulant (la rue des Nations) | Moving Panorama, 3 |
| 249 | Détail du trottoir roulant | Details Connected With the Moving Sidewalk |
| 250 | La Plate-forme roulante | The Moving Sidewalk |
| 251 | Vue panoramique prise en bateau sur la Seine (le pavillon des armées de Terre et de Mer) | Panoramic View, taken while boating on the River Seine.—Army and Navy Pavilions |
| 252 | Vue panoramique faisant suite à la précédente (les palais étrangers) | Panoramic View, taken while boating on the River Seine.—Foreign palaces |
| 253 | Vue panoramique prise en bateau sur la Seine (panorama général du Vieux Paris) | Panoramic View, taken while boating on the River Seine.—Old Paris |
| 254 | Porte d'entrée de l'Exposition sur l'avenue des Champs-Élysées | The Avenue of the Champs Elysées.—Palaces of Fine Arts |
| 255 | Vue panoramique prise à l'avant du train électrique | Panoramic View from the Electric Railway |
| 256 | Panorama circulaire des Champs-Élysées (Palais des Beaux-Arts) | Panoramic Excursion Round the Champs Elysées |
| 257 | Panorama circulaire (les Invalides) | Panoramic Circular Tour; "Les Invalides" |
| 258 | Panorama circulaire (pris du centre du Champ-de-Mars) | Circular Panorama; Champ de Mars |
| 259 | Panorama circulaire (pris du centre du jardin du Trocadéro) | Trocadero |
| 260 | Panorama circulaire de la Seine (pont d'Iéna) | Iéna Bridge |
| 261 | Panorama semi-circulaire (pris du sommet des tours du Trocadéro) | From the Trocadero |
Related films
In addition to the Paris Exposition, 1900 series proper, Méliès also sold two films, filmed on the River Seine in 1899, showing pre-opening work progressing on Exposition buildings on both sides of the river. These two films were released separately in France but were sold together as a continuous film (numbered 232–233) in English-speaking catalogs. Like the main series, these films were each 20 meters long.[1]
| # | French title | English title |
|---|---|---|
| 232 | Panorama de la Seine (les travaux de l'exposition de 1900: le Vieux-Paris, rive droite) | Panorama of River Seine |
| 233 | Panorama de la Seine (les travaux de l'exposition de 1900: les palais en construction, rive gauche) |
