Vietnamese Children (1900, French Indochina) - by Gabriel Veyre

Author: Gabriel Veyre (1871–1936) Location: Vietnam (formerly Annam protectorate, French Indochina). Date: between April 1899 and March 1900. Film #1274 in the Lumiere Catalogue. Description: The film depicts two women (wife and daughter of governor-general Paul Doumer) throwing small coins in front of Annamite children. During his travel in French Indochina, Gabriel Veyre produced 39 films. The films were commissioned by the French government to be shown at the 1900 Paris Exposition. From the BluRay publication: “Lumière, Le cinématographe 1895-1905“, Collection Institut Lumière, 2015