Lion, London Zoological Gardens

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Lion, London Zoological Gardens
LionLondonZoologicalGardens.jpg
Screenshot from the film
Directed by Alexandre Promio
Produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière
Release dates
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  • 1896 (1896)
Country France
Language Silent film

Lion, London Zoological Gardens (French: Lions, Jardin zoologique, Londres) is a 1896 French short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière and directed by Alexandre Promio, featuring a male lion reaching through the bars of its enclosure at London Zoological Gardens to get at the meat thrown by its keeper. The film was part of a series, including Tigers and Pelicans, which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film.[1]

Current status

Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.

References

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