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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1646

Carga de rurales

18961 minMexico

Synopsis

Mounted rural guards gallop through the frame in a coordinated display. Gabriel Veyre records the riders as part of the earliest motion-picture activity in Mexico.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 0:48
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Gabriel Veyre · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsGabriel Veyre

Historical context

Although Veyre was French, this view was filmed in Mexico during his work introducing the Lumière cinematograph there.

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