Digital Film Archive

Lumiere Freres. Belfast - Kingstown train. Panorama de Départ de Belfast (Belfast Harbour and Station)
Description

Lumiere Catalogue No 722. Part of a series of one-take scenes shot from a moving train travelling from Belfast to Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), Dublin.

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

Format

35mm, film, black and white, silent

Silent

Yes

Length

51sec

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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