Shows a party of young people in front of a barn door, searching for the red ear, which is discovered, and the penalty exacted from one of the group who resists payment of the forfeit, thereby creating confusion and merriment. The group is animated, and is made up of real farmer boys and girls. During the progress of husking, the farmer arrives wheeling his little daughter to the sport on a barrow.
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United States 24 May 1897
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22 September 1897
Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith illustrates why.
31 March 1897
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.
07 March 1897
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
31 May 1897
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor.
24 June 1897
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
30 June 1897
In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle.
20 October 1897
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
20 July 1897
From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed.
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