Digital Film Archive

Lumiere Freres. Belfast - Kingstown train. Lisburn
Description

Lumiere Catalogue No 725. Part of a series of one-take scenes shot from a moving train travelling from Belfast to Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), Dublin.

Shot List

View from moving train of Lisburn train station. The name of the station can be seen. Also view along platform, train carriages, station buildings. View of large houses.

Year

1897

Location

Lisburn

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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