The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895)

Original title

Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

Directed by

Louis Lumière

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a very short silent film showing a group of photographers getting off a boat in Lyon. It captures a straightforward public event from the 1890s.

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What happens

The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (also known as Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographie à Lyon) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring P.J.C. Janssen as himself. It was first screened on 12 June 1895. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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