- La Bandera Argentina
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name = La Bandera Argentina
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director =Eugene Py
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released = 1897
runtime = 3 minutes
country = flagicon|Argentina Argentina
language = Silent film
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imdb_id = 0199351"La Bandera Argentina" was for a time considered the first film ever produced in the
Cinema of Argentina . It was directed by French-Argentine cinema pioneerEugene Py in1897 in which he captured theFlag of Argentina in1897 .The film - which was screened in 1897 - was actually fourth or fifth to three short recorded images of the city of
Buenos Aires (filmed by GermanFederico Figner in 1896) known as "Vistas de Palermo", "Avenida de Mayo" and "Plaza de Mayo". The film is usually presented as the country's first film because of its title and patriotic significance, even though Figner's shorts are clearly dated as being screened on the 24th of November, 1896 (the first film to ever be screened on the country was aLumière production, July the 18th of the same year). Both Py's and Figner's films are nowadays lost.The film has a major historical significance for film history in Argentina, and was produced as a result of French immigrants in
Buenos Aires , including Py whose colleague imported the first photographic cinema equipment into Argentina in late1896 .
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