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Nocna panorama esplanady (1901)

Nocna panorama esplanady poster
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
United States

How it feels

A silent documentary film from 1901 captures the nighttime view of the Esplanade at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. It was shot outdoors after dark and is noted as the first film made with night photography.

historicalslow-pacedatmosphericobservationalnocturnalsilentexperimental

What happens

Nocna panorama esplanady (ang.) Panorama of the Esplanade at Night – amerykański niemy film dokumentalny. Nakręcony 5 września 1901 roku, w czasie trwania „Ogólnoamerykańskiej Wystawy w Buffalo” (Pan-American Exposition) miał swoją światową premierę 30 listopada 1901. Czarno-biały obraz był pierwszym obrazem zrealizowanym w nocnym plenerze. Eksponowanie każdej klatki z 82-metrowej taśmy filmowej trwało 10 sekund. Realizatorami przedsięwzięcia byli James H. White (1872-1944) i Edwin S. Porter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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