Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey created the chronophotographic gun in 1882, a device which looked like a short barrelled shotgun with a magazine on top. It was capable of taking twelve consecutive frames a second. He used this to study various animals, the most famous study in what was called Marey’s ‘animated zoo’, was the one involving a cat which was dropped from a height of a few feet in order to see if it always landed on its feet.
Genre: Documentary
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Crew: Étienne-Jules Marey (Director)
Country: France
Language: No Language
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Runtime: 1 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1894
IMDb: 5.7
Keywords:silent film
