Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

1897 Documentary Directed by Alexandre Promio

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About Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

Alexandre Promio's camera travels left to right along the Golden Horn. Houses on the European shore and the ships in the harbor pass in one lateral view. The Lumière catalogue lists it as view number 416.

Cast & crew

More about Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

Promio shot it in Istanbul between April 3 and April 25, 1897. The Lyon républicain of August 29, 1897, lists a screening in Lyon that day under the title Constantinople : panorama de la Corne d'or. The catalogue notes a Lumière negative, a Lumière print, and an Edison print.

Themes

  • A moving view of the Golden Horn
  • Ships and the European shore
  • Golden Horn
  • Istanbul
  • Lumière
  • tracking shot
  • harbor
  • vue 416

Look

Promio pans, or tracks, from left to right across the waterfront so the ships and the houses slide through the frame.

Preservation

The Lumière catalogue records a negative and a Lumière print, plus an Edison copy.

Notes

  • It is Lumière vue no. 416.
  • The movement is a lateral tracking shot, not a fixed view.
  • A still from the reel was published with the 2015 Institut Lumière set Lumière, Le cinématographe 1895-1905.
  • The subject is the European shore and the shipping in the Golden Horn, not a staged scene.

Scenes

  • The camera glides past the moored ships and the houses on the European bank.

Also available

  • Lumière, Le cinématographe 1895-1905 (Institut Lumière, 2015)

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