Lost films of Lumieres found in biscuit tin

The Independent - London | May 22, 1999| | Copyright

TWO UNKNOWN films made a century ago by the Lumiere brothers have been found in biscuit tins in an attic near Lyons.

They were discovered, with copies of other Lumiere films, at a former sanatorium in Hauteville. Most are already catalogued, but two, Bad Weather at Sea and Children with their Cat and Dog, are new to cinema historians. The reels, each 17 metres long, and presumed to have been shot between 1895 and 1905, are being restored by the French national film institute.

Cinema historians are divided on the importance of the find. "The two films are extremely valuable," said Nathalie ...

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