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Release Date:
May 1, 1904
Original Title:
Driving Cattle to Pasture
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Edison Studios
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 1
A group of cowboys herding cattle.
Watching this one-minute short the first thing that occurred to me was that the guy behind the camera should have been panning to follow the group of cowboys herding cattle, but the camera remained static as the cattle trotted across the screen accompanied by the occasional cowboy. Then, in the last few seconds, the camera begins to move and the film is transformed for a brief few seconds. It's as if the cameraman suddenly woke up.Anyway, the film is fairly primitive because of the neglect shown by the cameraman, and you can see in the final few shots that there's plenty going on beyond the confines of the static frame. Shame.
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