Alfred Chaumel

Alfred Chaumel. Director: Vagabonds imaginaires. Alfred Chaumel, born in Pouance on June 6th, 1889, was an administrator in France's colonies, an author, and a world traveller who put together films of curiosities he saw on his trips ,beginning in 1924, with his wife Genevieve Chaunel-Gentil (daughter of explorer Emile Gentil.) These films were exhibited by the Societe de Geographie and in theatres, with sound commentary later added for reissue in...