Lumière Brothers - Tracking Shot Of Lyon, France c.1898

Panorama of arrival by train in Perrache station. Incredibly, this was shot over 105 years ago! While Edison was busy filming novelty subjects in front of black backdrops, the Lumières were already creating cinematic art. One of my three favorite Lumière films I've uploaded.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Lumière
• cinematographe
• France
• cinema
• 1800s
• French

[Metallicakicksbutt]

So this was in 1898? Like sitting on a time-machine train.Quite an experience.

[Castaneda262]

some of the first imagary shots of urban space

[AlexDeLarge90]

@FilmscoreMetaler

True, but for people in general the late 19'th century was a very optimistic era. New inventions made life easier and safer. Medical progress and education was getting available for more and more people. Many scholars believed mankind had reached new hights of "civilization" and that the 20'th century would be so technically advanced that there'd be no wars.

I guess World War One ended all those illusions.The shockwaves of that resonated all the way through the 20'th century

[317East32nd]

Very astute observation, Alex. A time of polio and belted sanitary napkins, to be sure, but still a wonderful time, if not perhaps THE most wonderful...

[FilmscoreMetaler]

@AlexDeLarge90

Because it was the time of her youth.

[kamaladlipoyo]

no global warming... so wonderful, i wish i could go at that time just for a minute... just to feel the air..

[AlexDeLarge90]

the late 1800's seemed like a romantic and interesting era

the french lady which died at the age of 122 in 1997 always said the best timeperiod in history was in the late 1800's

[nuage7777]

Vive LYON!

[fsinvideotape]

Hello! Very beautiful video!!

Ciao Ciro.