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La Charcuterie mécanique (1895)

La Charcuterie mécanique is an 1895 "humorous subject" (as classed by its makers) created by the Lumière Brothers. Phil Hardy's The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction classes it as the first science fiction film. Translating "the mechanical butcher," the film purports to show a machine that automatically turns a live pig into various pork products; however, at least in surviving prints of the film, it looks like little more is going on than a butcher hawking his wares from a stand that just happens to have "La Charcuterie mécanique" painted on it.

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Release date: January 1, 1895

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