Here's a short subject of two small children standing in water, being splashed by women on either side of them.
For 1896, this would have been a decent if unremarkable short actuality. For 1901, its being shown as a new film is puzzling. I can only suppose that Vitagraph's owners, Albert Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, noted their catalogue did not contain this standard sort of movie, and decided to correct that omission.
I cannot imagine they sold many of this one, although its survival argues otherwise.
For 1896, this would have been a decent if unremarkable short actuality. For 1901, its being shown as a new film is puzzling. I can only suppose that Vitagraph's owners, Albert Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, noted their catalogue did not contain this standard sort of movie, and decided to correct that omission.
I cannot imagine they sold many of this one, although its survival argues otherwise.
