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National Air and Space Museum Archives
"Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)" Mutoscope
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0051
- Creators:
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Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
- Dates:
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bulk 1902
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1.09 Cubic feet(1 box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a mutoscope reel containing a section of "Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)" by Georges Melies (1902).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
"Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)," was a French black and white silent science fiction film, written, directed and produced by Georges Melies in 1902. A version of this production was shown via a mutoscope, an early motion picture device in which individual film frames were attached to a circular core. Mutoscopes were coin-operated and the patron viewed the cards through a single lens enclosed by a hood. Each machine held only a single reel and was dedicated to the presentation of a single short subject
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original donor unknown; transferred from NASM Collections Division, Transfer, 2013
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
"Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)" Mutoscope, Accession 2013-0051, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Keywords
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| Motion pictures | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Science fiction | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mutoscope | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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