La Bandera Argentina

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La Bandera Argentina
Directed by Eugene Py
Release date(s) 1897
Running time 3 minutes
Country Flag of Argentina Argentina
Language Silent film
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La Bandera Argentina is the first film ever produced in the Cinema of Argentina. It was directed by French-Argentine cinema pioneer Eugene Py in 1897 in which he captured the Flag of Argentina in 1897.

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 late 1896.

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