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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1597

Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

18951 minFrance

Synopsis

Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles cross the Place des Cordeliers in Lyon. The camera stays in one position while the changing traffic supplies a continuous succession of small street encounters.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 0:36
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Louis Lumière · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsLouis Lumière

Historical context

The film records an actual urban location and was shown in the Lumières' December 1895 Paris program. It preserves the rhythm of a city before motor traffic dominated its streets.

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