Loading a Boiler
About Loading a Boiler
A fixed camera on an open deck looks at the round end of a boiler 10 or 12 feet long. Three men climb down from the top and take their ladder away. Four or five others lash the boiler to the deck. A harbor is busy behind them.
Cast & crew
More about Loading a Boiler
Louis Lumière directed the view. Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière produced it for Société Lumière. A French listing gives 19 April 1896. The French title is Embarquement d'une chaudière. The camera does not move.
Themes
Making
The camera is set amidships and left there for the tying-down.
Look
Louis Lumière's camera stays fixed amidships and looks at the round end of the boiler.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The boiler is already on the deck when the shot starts.
- The men work at an unhurried pace.
- The ladder comes down with the three men who were on top.
- The catalog title is Embarquement d'une chaudière.
Scenes
- Three men climb down and remove the ladder.
- The crew lashes the boiler to the deck.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Embarquement d'une chaudière - Court métrage 1896.webm)
