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

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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