Lion, London Zoological Gardens
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| Directed by | Alexandre Promio |
| Produced by | Auguste and Louis Lumière |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent film |
Lion, London Zoological Gardens (French: Lions, Jardin zoologique, Londres) is a 1896 French short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière and directed by Alexandre Promio, featuring a male lion reaching through the bars of its enclosure at London Zoological Gardens to get at the meat thrown by its keeper. The film was part of a series, including Tigers and Pelicans, which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film.
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.
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