Giovanni -- whoever he may be when he's not on the stage -- exhibits his trained birds in various feats of gymnastics and cuteness. I particularly like the one in which two birds pull another in a cart, while the passsenger waves a flag.
Watch the official Perroquets savants 1904 trailer in HD below.
Giovanni and His Trained Parrots Trailer
France 25 April 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
31 December 1904
Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.
15 April 1904
A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
02 February 1904
A criminal woman is brought in by the police to be photographed (a mug-shot, presumably), capturing her making faces or grimacing.
15 January 1904
The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross to the other side over the formed ice bridge.
11 February 1904
A view of the opening ceromonies for New York's Williamsburg Bridge.
30 September 1904
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
01 July 1904
A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual comes along, whereupon the child turns and runs toward the shore.
22 June 1904
Shows a parade held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Atlantic City in 1854.
21 June 1904
A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay.
01 May 1904
Billy Bitzer filmed 21 short actualities inside the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Works in April and May of 1904.
15 January 1904
Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.
Have you watched Perroquets savants yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1904 Pathé Frères.