Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore

Themes

• a boat and a waterfront
• one continuous view of the city
• Constantinople
• Bosphorus
• Promio
• Lumière
• Golden Horn

Making

Promio set the camera on a moving boat so the shore slides past in one take.

Look

Promio's camera rides a boat along the Bosphorus shore.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

• The view is from the water, not from a rooftop.
• The Commons file names the Golden Horn.
• Promio was a Lumière operator sent out to film cities.

Scenes

• The shore of Constantinople passes as the boat moves.