Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa, côté Est

Themes

• A single view of a city gate
• Foot traffic in 1897
• A Lumière catalogue number
• Jaffa Gate
• Jerusalem
• Alexandre Promio
• Lumière
• catalogue 401

Background

In 1897 Jerusalem was in the Ottoman Empire. The Jaffa Gate was the west entrance used by travelers coming up from the port.

Making

The Cinématographe was set up once and run for less than a minute. There is no cut.

Look

Alexandre Promio filmed one fixed Cinématographe shot of the street on the east side of the Jaffa Gate.

Music

Silent.

Preservation

The view is Lumière catalogue number 401. A copy is on the 2015 Institut Lumière Blu-ray Lumière! Le cinématographe 1895-1905, which is the source of the Wikimedia file.

Notes

• The catalogue line for number 401 is pedestrian traffic in a street.
• Promio was the Lumière operator on this Near East trip. He also filmed the west side of the gate as view 402.
• The Wikimedia file, taken from the 2015 Institut Lumière Blu-ray, runs 43 to 44 seconds.
• Lyon républicain of 21 November 1897 lists the screening title Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa.
• Maguire & Baucus numbered the same view 1401 for the American trade.

Scenes

• People walk through the street on the east side of the Jaffa Gate in one unbroken shot.

Also available

• Wikimedia Commons (Porte de Jaffa, côté est, 1897.webm)
• Institut Lumière Blu-ray Lumière! Le cinématographe 1895-1905 (2015)