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Explosion of a Motor Car

130. Explosion of a Motor Car. A quiet country road. A motor car comes along at a high speed, and its occupants, recognising friends, wave and raise their hats, until, just as the carriage comes to the centre of the picture, there is a big explosion which entirely wrecks the motor car and blows the passengers high into the air. A policeman rushes to the spot, and seeing nothing but wreckage of machinery, searches in the sky with a telescope ; he soon sees the bodies falling down, and only runs away in time to escape being hit. When all the pieces have fallen to the ground he comes up again and collects them into classes, and enters the results in his official note book. A bewildering trick film full of comic interest. Length 100 ft.

The Showman, jeudi 1^er novembre 1900, p. 3.

Explosion of a Motor Car

This is a somewhat similar scene to the last, but of a much more elaborate description. The picture opens with a view of a quiet country road, with, in the distance coming rapidly forward, a motor car with four passengers. The car comes along at a high speed, and its occupants, recognising friends, wave and raise their hasts, until just as the carriage comes to the centre of the picture, there is a sudden mishap, followed by a big explosion, which entirely wrecks the motor car and blows the passengers high into the air. A policeman rushes to the spot, and, seeing nothing but wreckage of machinery, searches in the sky with a telescope. He soon sees the bodies falling down, and only runs away in time to escape being hit. When all the pieces have fallen to the ground he comes up again and collects them into classes -so many legs, so many arms, &c.-and we lose sight of him as he enters the results in his official notebook. A bewildering trick film, full of comic interest.

The Era, Londres, 24 novembre 1900, p. 27.

Explosion d'un automobile

Un automobile à la campagne s'avance sur la route, rencontre avec des amis et salutations, puis peu après explosion de l'automobile, les voyageurs sont projetés en l'air ; arrivée d'un policeman qui les cherche avec une longue-vue, les corps retombent en morceaux, le policeman se sauve et revient pour ranger les corps et faire son rapport.

GAU 1901-07

Explosion of an Automobile

This picture opens with a view of a street, in the distance coming rapidly down the street is seen an automobile filled with a gay party of automobile enthusiasts out for a ride. The automobile comes along at a high rate of speed and its occupants recognizing friends wave hats and handkerchiefs until just as the carriage comes to the center of the picture there is a sudden mishap followed by a big explosion which entirely wreeks the automobile and blows the passengers high into the air. A policeman rushes to the spot and seeing nothing but wreckage of the machine searches the sky with his telecope. He soon sees the pieces of the pieces of the bodies falling down and only runs away in time to escape being hit. When all the pieces have fallen to the ground, he collects them into their places and makes a note of it. A bewildering trick film causing a vast amount of amusement and is startling in the extreme.
100 ft. $12.00. Motor

SELIG 1902-07

Explosion of a Motor Car

This is a somewhat similar scene to the last, but of a much more elaborate description. The picture opens with a view of a quiet country road, with, in the distance coming rapidly forward, a motor car with four passengers. The car comes along at a high speed, and its occupants, recognising friends, wave and raise their hasts, until just as the carriage comes to the centre of the picture, there is a sudden mishap, followed by a big explosion, which entirely wrecks the motor car and blows the passengers high into the air. A policeman rushes to the spot, and, seeing nothing but wreckage of machinery, searches in the sky with a telescope; he soon sees the bodies falling down, and only runs away in time to escape being hit. When all the pieces have fallen to the ground he comes up again and collects them into classes -so many legs, so many arms, etc. and we lose sight of him as he enters the results in his official notebook. A bewildering trick film, full of comic interest.

HEPWORTH 1903