Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy

Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy (1898) is the first^[1] documentary film in the world, created by Romanian neurologist Gheorghe Marinescu. The film depicts several patients walking in four directions against a black background before and after treatment.

Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy
Directed by	Gheorghe Marinescu
Release date	1898 (1898)
Running time	2 minutes

Marinescu came to the idea of making the film after having used chronophotography under the influence of Étienne-Jules Marey. Marinescu praised the use of the cinematographic techniques in the scientific investigation.

Other documentary films

• A Case of Hysterical Hemiplegia Cured Through Hypnotic Suggestion (1899)
• Walking Difficulties Due to Progressive Locomotary Ataxia (1900)
• Pseudo-Hypertrophic or Myosclerotic Paralysis Among Myopathies (1901)