The footage, recorded between 1899 and 1900 in French Indochina (present-day Vietnam), captures a moment in which two French women toss small coins, known as sapèques, to a group of local children. Filmed in Annam and catalogued by the Lumière Brothers under the title “Enfants annamites ramassant des sapèques devant la pagode des dames,” the scene visually reflects everyday encounters shaped by the colonial order. The women stand calmly and casually, while the children scramble on the ground to