[REL] Baignade en mer / The Sea (1895) [France]

[DreamScape]

Baignade en mer
The Sea

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The sea is before us. Some rocks are visible to the right and a narrow jetty extends about ten meters or so about three feet above the sea, held up by two sets of pylons. A woman and several lads about ten years old are coming out onto the rocks, one climbs onto the jetty at the end. He jumps back into the sea as the lads and lady run out to the end of the jetty and jump off. Even though the sea looks to be only about a foot deep, one boy does a flip into the water and repeats it later. The others simply jump in.

[Code] :party:  IMDB entry number 23  :party:

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[citronleaf]

Wow. This will almost assuredly be the oldest film I have seen. The next oldest I can think of would be 1903's "The Great Train Robbery" of which I have only seen clips of a few seconds. My film education really begins with the late 19teens. And... IMDB number 23... did IMDB create movie entries chronologically????? They did not start with more well-known films first and then fill in around them???? Crazy. I checked 1-9 and they are all ancient. Someone must have sat down with a film reference book and started typing. Clearly the site was created by true movie geeks, because that is not something its later owner Amazon would have done. Their focus is on using it as advertising for sellable product rather than documenting what silent shorts are considered lost. Thank you DreamScape! I will make time to watch this tonight.

[deadman]

Wow. This will almost assuredly be the oldest film I have seen. The next oldest I can think of would be 1903's "The Great Train Robbery" of which I have only seen clips of a few seconds. My film education really begins with the late 19teens. And... IMDB number 23... did IMDB create movie entries chronologically????? They did not start with more well-known films first and then fill in around them???? Crazy. I checked 1-9 and they are all ancient. Someone must have sat down with a film reference book and started typing. Clearly the site was created by true movie geeks, because that is not something its later owner Amazon would have done. Their focus is on using it as advertising for sellable product rather than documenting what silent shorts are considered lost. Thank you DreamScape! I will make time to watch this tonight.

Yeah, IMDb used to be a site run by true movie geeks. But like YouTube, it was bought out by big corporate power players who proceeded to turn it into another home for ad filled glitz. I have no doubt the original founders worked off of some definitive set of reference books and started with the oldest surviving film. During the years they ran their movie discussion boards users would contribute pictures, trivia, and other information to the site. It was a vibrant community Amazon killed. But management still has the database compiled over the years before they took over and closed the boards - driving away those helpful users.

You'll notice now there are a lot of movies with no pictures, or a few paltry screengrabs without the cast even being labelled. Bare bones plot summaries. No production info. Especially with non-American and indie films. The only ones that still get the full treatment are blockbuster Hollywood productions and popular streaming series where the studio provides generous packets of information and all IMDb has to do is cut and paste. You'll find a page for recent indie flicks on IMDb but it's likely to be little more than a stub. Very sad.

Picture a library that stops ordering new books except for the Top Ten Bestsellers. They've still got that huge collection of older books and continue to be a treasure trove for many years, but gradually fall behind and become less and less useful to their patrons.

[Night457]

Thank you DS! I fully enjoyed all 34 seconds of it. Seriously, I was surprised at the quality of the image. Somebody carefully preserved the original film source. Film rules!

Thank you citronleaf and deadman, I continue the IMDB discussion here:

Spoiler: Y'all know that I would really hate to be accused of contributing to off-topic discussions but I will anyway because there is not much more I can say specific to this film. Anyone who want links of a Dolby-Atmos version or whatever, just move along. During the years they ran their movie discussion boards There was trolling and abusive posting in those boards, which is probably why they shut them down. DESPITE that I still liked and read them because they were filled with useful movie information! Many times I had some question about the movie and it was answered in the boards, and I do not find that info on IMDB now. I miss the boards, but I would really like the opportunity to be rid of the popup videos and advertising instead. Maybe I should look into bookmarking it with reference view, hmmm... The only problem is, Google Search does a better job of finding the right movie on IMDB than IMDB search does! Amazon still solicits information from users but I don't know if they get it. What they are asking seems to be very limited and specific. For example, "What is the Hindi title of [English language Canadian movie]?" They could just as easily ask for any number of alternate titles that they do not already have, but they aren't asking ME when I visit. And my VPN is not Indian, so I don't think my IP address is triggering a specific question. Of course, I would not answer any questions anyway even if I knew. Why would people contribute for free to massive corporate sites? I know, silly question, F*bok and all that. You'll notice now there are a lot of movies with no pictures, or a few paltry screengrabs without the cast even being labelled. I prefer a bare-bones treatment without the ads, but without at least a minimal cast&crew the entry is useless. Wow, a movie with this name from this year exists. Great. And if someone wants movie advertising, there are any number of sites that do that also, and better. YouTube. Movie review sites. Google finds them easily. I totally agree with you that IMDB is worse in so many ways. Yet I still go there for the info that they do have. Picture a library that stops ordering new books except for the Top Ten Bestsellers. They've still got that huge collection of older books Nah. The old books go to the basement, and they sell them off for cheap during annual rubbish clearout sales. They have to make room for more bestsellers. I remember the good old days when the most obscene material could be found hidden away on the shelves of even the most staid libraries, and if you wanted a specific book you had to search through cabinets of cards. True, it was a real pain to pick them up when the ghost librarian came along and spewed them all out.