Japanese Butterflies (1908) | Les papillons japonais | Japanske Sommerfugle | Colorized Version

A Japanese magician and two boys bring to life a silkscreen of a woman. The woman then gets on a pedestal and the man wraps her in paper. He sets fire to the paper, and she disappears. He jumps in the fire and also disappears. Five women materialize with umbrellas. They disappear, and the umbrellas float up and disappear. The magician and the woman reappear. They tear up paper, tossing into the air the pieces which turn into butterflies. Two magician and two women then draw a silk worm on a screen.

Release date : May 16, 1908 (United States)
Country of origin : France
Languages : None, French
Production company : Pathé Frères
Runtime : 4 minutes
Color : Color
Sound mix : Silent
Aspect ratio : 1.33 : 1
Video Srouce : archive.org/details/LesPapillonsJaponais
License Detail : CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED / Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Credits : Professor Jameel Akhtar

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