Constant Girel Trailers
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Constant Girel was the son of a pharmacist and studied the subject at Lyon, at which time his brother-in-law was employed at the Lumière factory. He was taken on as a Lumière operator some time in 1896, filming for them in Germany in September of that year, when he made contact with Ludwig Stollwerck and filmed Tsar Nikolas II's inspection of the German army at Breslau. It was the Stollwerk connection that no doubt led him to Switzerland, where he worked for another Lumière representative, Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, before filming the Tsar again towards the end of the year at Cherbourg and Chalons. On 6 December he left for Japan, arriving at Kobe on 9 January 1897, where he met up with the Lumière representative for Japan, Inabata Katsutaro. The pair then inaugurated the cinema in Japan with a program at Osaka's Nanchi Theatre on 15 February 1897. Girel's competence as a cameraman has been questioned, but he filmed a wide number of Japanese scenes, many of which ended up in the Lumière catalog. He returned to France after a year, being replaced by Gabriel Veyre, approached Pathé Frères but failed to find further work in film, and returned to pharmacy.
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20 October 1897
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
09 January 1897
A Japanese family having tea.
05 October 1896
Sovereign Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure, walking by, followed by their respective escorts.
18 September 1898
Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.
22 September 1896
Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.
01 July 1898
Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.
09 January 1897
A group of Japanese, eating dinner, somewhere in Kyoto, Honshu.
28 September 1896
A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.
21 September 1896
Panorama of the docks, the city and the bridge of a boat sailing the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany.
26 September 1897
Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).
28 September 1896
A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.
18 October 1897
Four Ainu men, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido.
20 February 1898
Two fighters, in traditional costume, taking part to the national kendo tournament.
17 January 1897
A battalion of Bersaglieri charging, at the double, comes to a full stop; the first line goes down on bended knee, while others remain standing; and all fire their weapons repeatedly.
04 September 1896
Lancers parading, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
24 January 1897
The waterfalls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, form a cloud of suspended droplets.
21 September 1896
Pedestrian and vehicles traffic on the Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.
05 September 1896
Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II.
08 September 1896
The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.
05 September 1896
Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
20 November 1896
King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.
16 April 1896
Filmed in Stuttgart in 1896, this Lumière actuality shows cavalrymen of the 26th Dragoons regiment leaping their horses over a low obstacle during training exercises.
21 September 1896
A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.
10 January 1897
Japanese actors act out an early martial arts weapons scene.
21 September 1896
A Tyrolean dancing couple, accompanied by a musician, perform a traditional folk dance in a park in Cologne.
10 January 1897
Rickshaws and pedestrians traffic on the street.
05 September 1896
Several military companies parading, on foot, in front of Wilhelm II, in Breslau, Germany (nowadays Wroclaw, Poland).
06 February 1898
Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.
27 May 1897
A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.
18 October 1897
Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.
09 January 1897
Men carrying baskets on poles and women carrying loads on backpacks are seen coming and going in a port.
01 January 1896
A procession of men and women in different groups, some of whom are carrying banners.
09 January 1897
The scene of the train's arrival and passengers boarding and disembarking.
01 January 1898
“In these two images [see Nos. 1273 and 1274], the dancers are performing different movements; in No.
