In front of a cheering crowd, President Félix Faure, surrounded by his escort, salutes as he moves forward.
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Félix François Faure as Self
Louis Lumière Producer
France 20 April 1897
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1897:
26 April 1897
This street scene from Bethlehem shows a crowd of locals jumping on something in the middle of camera range.
01 January 1897
Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken.
06 March 1897
A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony outside the U.
31 May 1897
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou La cornue infernale" (The Mysterious Retort) as this film, "L'hallucination de l'alchimiste" (An Hallucinated Alchemist) from 1897, which continues to be considered a lost film.
30 November 1897
Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.
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.
04 April 1897
Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.
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