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The eclipse (Flicker Alley version) / directed and produced by Georges Melies.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938, director, producer.
Series:
Silent film online.
Silent film online
Language:
English
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Astronomers--Drama.
Astronomers.
Lunar eclipses--Drama.
Lunar eclipses.
Solar eclipses--Drama.
Solar eclipses.
Telescopes--Drama.
Telescopes.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (9 min.) : sound, black and white.
monochrome
Other Title:
The courtship of the sun and moon
The eclipse
The eclipse : courtship of the sun and moon
Place of Publication:
Los Angeles : Flicker Alley, 1907.
Language Note:
This edition silent with English intertitles and musical background.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
video file
Summary:
This romance, by director Georges Melies, features an astronomer and his class who witness a solar eclipse, presented as a meeting of the sun and the moon with various planets and meteors in attendance.
Notes:
Title from title frames (Silent Film Online, viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
OCLC:
881550331
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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