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Released
1908 · FILM

The Vacuum Cleaner

Color
Black & White
Runtime
4 min
Language
FR
FantasyComedyScience Fiction

Synopsis

In this humorous short film, a vacuum cleaner is depicted performing amusing and mischievous antics through clever trick photography. The film opens with two attendants beginning a cleaning task, but they pause to take a break. During their absence, two passersby take the vacuum and begin using it to playfully target unsuspecting pedestrians. They first encounter a woman walking her dog on a leash, and with a turn of the vacuum's wheel, both the dog and its owner are dramatically sucked into the machine's spout. Next, a nursemaid strolling down the street is similarly drawn in when the spout is aimed at her. A young couple then becomes the next victims, vanishing in the same fashion as the vacuum continues its playful pursuit of more targets.

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Principal cast & crew: 1

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