HALLEY'S COMET (Original title)LEHMAN UND DER HALLEYSCHE KOMET (Alternative title)
Date: 1910 (Release)Country: France
Shotlist: DRAMA. A couple at a long dinner table, attended by servants, say goodnight to their child. When the child has left, the couple excitedly notice a comet through the window. At an observatory, an aged astronomer looks at the comet through his telescope. Meanwhile the small girl is being put to bed by her nurse. The child suddenly sees the comet through the window, and calls excitedly. Her mother rushes in and, bundling the child up, rushes out. All the family and servants, with the nurse and child, climb into a car, followed by more servants in another, and flee to a cave in the hills. They arrive at the cave exhausted, and all rush to drink from a small waterfall. The comet is seen passing round a model of the globe. The garage from which the family have just fled collapses in ruins, killing a servant left behind. A miser is seen counting his gold, going to the window, he is overcome when the tail of the comet passes, and the gold left on the table is burnt completely away. Houses, farms and towns are seen consumed with the fire left by the tail of the comet. The family and the others who had fled with them, including a Red Cross worker, leave their cave to see the comet passing into the distance. They return to the city to find it in ruins. As the others sit dejectedly, the father of the family looks at the desolation through binoculars (535ft).
Genre: Science Fiction
Subject: Comets
Releases
Date: 1910not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581190
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-955834
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 546 FeetBFI identifier: C-955844
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-962947
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 08.00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-464614
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Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-234000
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 08.00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-464614
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581190
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-955834
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-962947
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: CTASound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-955835
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 546 FeetBFI identifier: C-955844
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-955833
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581842
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1920BFI identifier: C-73842
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1910 (Release)Country: France
Shotlist: DRAMA. A couple at a long dinner table, attended by servants, say goodnight to their child. When the child has left, the couple excitedly notice a comet through the window. At an observatory, an aged astronomer looks at the comet through his telescope. Meanwhile the small girl is being put to bed by her nurse. The child suddenly sees the comet through the window, and calls excitedly. Her mother rushes in and, bundling the child up, rushes out. All the family and servants, with the nurse and child, climb into a car, followed by more servants in another, and flee to a cave in the hills. They arrive at the cave exhausted, and all rush to drink from a small waterfall. The comet is seen passing round a model of the globe. The garage from which the family have just fled collapses in ruins, killing a servant left behind. A miser is seen counting his gold, going to the window, he is overcome when the tail of the comet passes, and the gold left on the table is burnt completely away. Houses, farms and towns are seen consumed with the fire left by the tail of the comet. The family and the others who had fled with them, including a Red Cross worker, leave their cave to see the comet passing into the distance. They return to the city to find it in ruins. As the others sit dejectedly, the father of the family looks at the desolation through binoculars (535ft).
Genre: Science Fiction
Subject: Comets
Releases
Date: 1910not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(10)
Accessible materials to view(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581190
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-955834
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 546 FeetBFI identifier: C-955844
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-962947
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 08.00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-464614
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-234000
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 08.00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-464614
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(8)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581190
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-955834
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-962947
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: CTASound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-955835
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 546 FeetBFI identifier: C-955844
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 535 FeetBFI identifier: C-955833
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 355 FeetStock date: 1910BFI identifier: C-581842
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 535 FeetStock date: 1920BFI identifier: C-73842
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film