Soldiers ambush a house. This is the Alice Guy version, not to be confused with the less accessible Lumiere of the same title from the same year.
Watch the official Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak 1898 trailer in HD below.
House Ambushed at Dawn Trailer
France 11 January 1898
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01 January 1898
During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail.
19 May 1898
The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second.
20 March 1898
The film opens showing the native daughters mounted on horses.
01 August 1898
A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.
01 January 1898
Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a losh
20 May 1898
A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.
14 July 1898
The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.
01 January 1898
The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal.
22 June 1898
Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.
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