Bethléem, une place

4.2
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 1 min
  • Premiere: 1897. April 26.

This street scene from Bethlehem shows a crowd of locals jumping on something in the middle of camera range. What are they seeking? The implication seems to be that they are beggars jumping on a handful of alms tossed onto the spot and the effect is simultaneously funny and sad.

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Louis Lumière

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Louis Lumière

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