Falling Cat

Directed by ÉtienneJules Marey a French scientist this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history Jules Marey created the chronophotographic gun in 1882 a device which looked like a short barrelled shotgun with a magazine on top It was capable of taking twelve consecutive frames a second He used this to study various animals the most famous study in what was called Mareys animated zoo was the one involving a cat which was dropped from a height of a few feet in order to see if it always landed on its feet