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IMPOSSIBLE BALANCING FEAT (AN) - GOING TO BED UNDER DIFFICULTIES - EXTRAORDINARY ILLUSIONS - THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE

IMPOSSIBLE BALANCING FEAT (AN)
France 1902
A lonely man, dressed "à la française," advances towards the audience. He removes hisjacket, wearing only his shirt. He performs various acrobatic moves and becomes four identical characters where one stands on his head while holding two others in his hands.

GOING TO BED UNDER DIFFICULTIES
France 1900
A traveler stays at an inn. Not long after hanging up his overcoat and hat on the coat rack does he find himself dressed in new clothes. He undresses once more and the little trickcontinues in a frenzy. The man is enraged. He attempts to go to sleep, but the bed disappears.
 
EXTRAORDINARY ILLUSIONS
France 1901
Instead of moving on his own, a Pierrot sends his body parts and his head to look for the objects he needs. His arms, legs, trunk and head dance around individually before assembling back together in order to reform the entire body of Pierrot, who waves.

THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE
France 1904
An expedition of scholars, members of the Institute of Incoherent Geography, undertakea voyage towards the sun under the direction of the engineer Mabouloff. After many incidents, they manage to take off on board their special train and reach the sun. They then leave the sun using a type of submarine which leads them down into the depths of the ocean. After an explosion, they find themselves safe and sound on dry land and
congratulate each other.