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A collection of rare and rediscovered original films by Georges Méliès. This disc opens with a biographical film about Georges Méliès followed by a collection of his films produced between 1896-1898. Méliès, a successful magician, began investigating film as a medium of trickery in 1896. 

One of 5 videodiscs (approximately 782 min. total) : sound, black and white and tinted color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (35 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audio: English Narrations & Silent films, with added musical accompaniment.

Le grand Méliès by Georges Franju (1953, 31 min.)

Films 1896:
Une partie de cartes/Playing cards (1:07 min.)
Une nuit terrible/A terrible night (1:07)
Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin/The vanishing lady (1:15)
Le cauchemar/A nightmare (1:08).

Films 1897:
Le château hauté/Haunted castle (0:44)
Prise de Tournavos/Surrender of Tournavos (0:56)
Entre Calais et Douvres/Between Calais and Dover (1:07)
L'auberge ensorcelée/The Bewitch Inn (2:00)
Après le bal /After the ball (1:11).

Films 1898:
Visite sous-marine du Maine/Divers at work on the wreck of the "Maine" (0:51)
Panorama pris d'un train en marche /Panorama from top of a moving train (1:15)
Magicien /Magician (1:08)
Illusions fantasmagorique/sFamous box trick (1:11)
Guillaume tell et le clownAdventures of William Tell (1:00)
La lune à un mètre/Astronomer's dream (3:11)
Un homme de tête/Four troublesome heads (1:05)
Tentation de Saint Antoine/Temptation of Saint Anthony (1:10). 

Kanopy Streaming:
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