Lion, London Zoological Gardens

Lion, London Zoological Gardens (French: Lions, Jardin zoologique, Londres) is a 1896 French short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière and directed by Alexandre Promio, featuring a male lion reaching through the bars of its enclosure at London Zoological Gardens to get at the meat thrown by its keeper. The film was part of a series, including Tigers and Pelicans, which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film.[1]

Lion, London Zoological Gardens
Screenshot from the film
Directed byAlexandre Promio
Produced byAuguste and Louis Lumière
Release date
  • 1896 (1896)
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent film

Current status

Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.

References
  1. "Pelicans, Lion, and Tigers at London Zoological Gardens". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 2011-05-25.


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