Digital Film Archive

Lumière Frères . Queen's Bridge, Belfast
Description

Lumiere Catalogue No 720. This is one of a series of actuality films shot by the French filmmakers, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, in 1897, two years after the invention of cinematography. This is the first known material filmed in Northern Ireland.

Shot List

Year

1897

Location

Belfast

Rights Holder

Association Frères Lumière

Courtesy of

Association Frères Lumière

Credits

Photography - Alexandre Promio

Source

National Film and Television Archive and the IFA

Format

35mm, film, black and white, silent

Silent

Yes

Length

Notes

Pierre and Auguste Lumiere were French pioneers of the cinema. They were noted for their one-shot, one-reel films of places and scenes of every day life. It is likely that Alexandre Promio was the cameraman who actually shot these scenes.

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