Blackfriars Bridge (1896)
- Directed by
- Robert W. Paul
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 17 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.
How it feels
This silent film shows a busy London street scene on Blackfriars Bridge in 1896. It captures top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages crossing the bridge from a fixed camera view.
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What happens
Blackfriars Bridge (AKA: Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge) is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages passing over Blackfriars Bridge, London. The film was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by R.W. Paul in July 1896," and, "screened as part of his Alhambra Theatre programme shortly afterwards, certainly no later than 31 August" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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