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The Spanish Cinemathèque recently acquired a collection previously owned by D. Antonino Sagarmínaga, a trader who loved the cinematographic arts, collected films from 1883 to 1907 and organized crowd screenings for the “El Sítio” Cultural Society in Bilbao. The prints had their frames presented in a square format with five holes on each side, a French system invented by Henri Joly and distributed by Ernest Normandin, both engineers, known at the end of the 19th century as the Joly-Normandin system. When a Joly-Normandin projector caused a fire at the prestigious Bazar de la Charité in Paris in 1897, the format was pulled out of circulation within months. According to publications of the time, only three filmmakers who filmed with the system before it was discontinued were identified: Joly, Normandin and Eugène Pirou, a high society photographer in Paris. When the Spanish Cinemathèque began the collection’s digital restauration, the Portuguese Cinemathèque also had acquired a collection of titles along with a Joly-Normandin projector, one of the few units still existing, all collected by the trader and amateur photographer João Anacleto Rodrigues in 1897 when he would travel through the Madeira archipelago organizing film screenings. The two cinemathèques decided to restore both collections together, presenting 53 titles filmed between the summers of 1896 and 1897, forming the most important collection of Joly-Normandin titles today. The largest possible number of titles were preserved, including those damaged by chemical decomposition, presented here in chronological order according to their filming dates. CP – Cinemateca Portuguesa FE – Filmoteca Espanhola 1. Jardim da aclimação Henri Joly (CP/FE) 1896 2. O jardineiro Joly (CP/FE) 1896 3. Saída da Igreja de Notre-Dame des Victoires Joly (CP/FE) 1896 4. Primeira lição de bicicleta Joly (CP) 1896 5. Disputa entre o cocheiro e o cliente Joly (CP/FE) 1896 6. Crianças no Bosque de Vincennes Joly (CP/FE) 1896 7. Mergulhadores negros Engène Pirou (CP/FE) 1896 8. Assalto ao boxe Joly (CP) 1896 9. O bêbado Pirou (CP) 1896 10. O mar em Dieppe Ernest Normandin (CP) 1896 11. Praça do Theatro da Opera em Paris Normandin (CP) 1896 12. Quadrilha dos incroyables Pirou (CP) 1896 13. El regimento Joly (FE) 1896 14. El Czar de la embajada Pirou (FE) 1896 15. Avenida do Bosque de Bologne e Arco do Triumpho Joly (CP) 1896 16. Avenida de la Ópera Joly (FE) 1896 17. Desavença num restaurante Pirou (CP) 1896 18. O Tsar e a Tsarina saindo do Pantheon Joly (CP/FE) 1896 19. Chegada de um trem em Gare d`Asnières Joly (CP/FE) 1896 20. Trabalhos de uma demolição Pirou (CP/FE) 1896 21. Carga de Dragões Pirou (CP) 1896 22. Oficina de ferreiros Pirou (CP) 1896 23. Desfile de caballería y artillería Pirou (FE) 1896 24. O prestidigitador Pirou (CP) 1896 25. Partida a um vendedor de castanhas (CP) 1896 26. Bom Marché em Paris Joly (CP) 1896 27. Farça de soldados na caserna Pirou (CP) 1896 28. Dança espanhola Pirou (CP) 1897 29. Pierrot Pirou (FE) 1897 30. Jubileo Joly (CP/FE) 1897 31. O bêbado Joly (CP) 1897 32. Batalla de las flores Pirou (FE) 1897 33. La playa Pirou (FE) 1897 34. Corridas de bicicletas e carros elétricos no Bosque de Bologne Joly (CP/FE) 1897 35. Descarregamento no porto de Bordeaux Joly (CP) 1897 36. Uma Praça em Alger Joly (CP) 1897 37. A prisão de um bêbado Joly (CP) 1897 38. Plaza de la República Joly (FE) 1897 39. Filme não-identificado Joly (CP) 1897 40. Exposição de quadros Joly (CP) 1897 41. Viajantes Joly (FE) 1897 42. Corrida Joly (FE) 1897 43. Festejo na Rainha Victoria Joly (FE) 1897 44. Clown Joly (CP) 1897 45. O palhaço Joly (CP) 1897 46. Dança serpentina Joly (CP) 1897 47. Uma partida de écarté Joly (CP) 1897 48. Hussards ingleses, desfilando Joly (CP) 1897 49. El corral Normandin (FE) 1897 50. Um militar surpreendido (cena cômica) Joly (CP) 1897 51. Chegada de um trem ao gare de Bel-Air Joly (CP) 1897 52. La pasión Lear para Pirou (FE) 53. Filme não-identificado (FE)