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Effets de mer (1906)

Also known as Ocean Studies

1906 · Silent film · 2 min · dir. Alice Guy-Blaché

  • Documentary

Synopsis

This Alice Guy film shows some rocks being pounded by the waves right off shore. There are a variety of angles, and raises the question of why this movie was shot at all.I believe this is the last of the 'rough seas' genre of early movies. ROUGH SEA AT DOVER (1895) by Birt Acres & Robert Paul may be the earliest motion picture in the group, although one of the preceding technologies offered a view of rough waters; and I imagine photographic studies were made earlier on. You can probably see…

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Director
Alice Guy-Blaché
Studio
Gaumont
Released
1906-02-23
Original title
Effets de mer
Running time
2 minutes

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