''La Pêche aux poissons rouges'' is an

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French short

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silent

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directed and produced by

Louis Lumière Louis Jean Lumière (; 5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948) was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema. Early life and education Lumière was one of four children of Claude-Antoine ...

. It was filmed in

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. Given its age, this short film is in the

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and is available to freely download from the Internet. The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière on 28 December 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris.

Production

As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a

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with an

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of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the , an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer.

Plot

A man ( Auguste Lumiere) holds his baby daughter (Andrée Lumiere) on a table next to a bowl containing goldfish. The baby begins putting her hand into the water while the man supports her. The scene is filmed by a stationary camera behind the table.

References

External links

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Complete video at The Lumiere Institute
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