Enterrement annamite [Annamite Burial] (1899-1900) – dir. Gabriel Veyre

The palanquin preceding the coffin of the deceased – ‘Enterrement annamite’ [Annamite Burial] (1899-1900) – dir. Gabriel Veyre

Probably less than one minute, b&w, silent

Production/ Source : Lumière, catalogue no. 1271

This is one of some 33 ‘views’ shot in French Indochina by the leading Lumière cameraman, Gabriel Veyre in the period April 1899 – March 1900. While many of these were of military parades, industrial processes or general street scenes, this is one of ten ‘views’ that cover more obviously ethnographic subjects.  For further details, see the page dedicated to Gabriel Veyre here.

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