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THE IMPERCEPTIBLE TRANSMUTATIONS - THE INVENTOR CRAZYBRAINS AND HIS WONDERFUL AIRSHIP - THE HILARIOUS POSTERS - LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS PHOTOGRAPHY - ADVENTUROUS AUTOMOBILE TRIP (AN)

THE IMPERCEPTIBLE TRANSMUTATIONS
France 1904
A young Prince in a Renaissance costume performs a series of magic tricks on the stage
of the King's private theatre. He makes a young Tyrolean appear, and after several
metamorphoses, she finally transforms into a Princess. The Prince and Princess go off
together in the end.

THE INVENTOR CRAZYBRAINS AND HIS WONDERFUL AIRSHIP
France 1906

THE HILARIOUS POSTERS
France 1906
Poster advertisements come to life, converse with each other. Then, military sergeants
come in from the city and bombard the area, noting the activity in the street. The posters
fall on them. Afterwards, the officers find themselves hooked onto the railings, while the
animated posters parade around and mock them.

LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS PHOTOGRAPHY
France 1908
A photographer invents an electric machine that reproduces faces and bodies of people
on a black screen while they simultaneously move in front of a sound recorder. It's just
like a primitive model of the television ! He performs a brilliant demonstration in front of
potential clients by showing the couple the three Graces and then a ravishing young
woman. The customers wish to try the machine, but they get angry when the
photographer ridicules them on the black screen.

ADVENTUROUS AUTOMOBILE TRIP (AN)
France 1905
The King of Belgium, Léopold II, widely known for his automobile accidents, embarks
upon the trek from Paris to Monte-Carlo in two hours with his car. After a number of
incidents upon passing the octroi in Dijon, crossing the Alps, hustling passers-by and a
road worker, the king arrives in Monte-Carlo and wins his bet.