New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place

1896 Documentary 31 seconds Directed by Alexandre Promio

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About New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place

A train pulls in at Battery Place in New York. Passengers get off and on. Horse-drawn carriages and people pass in the street beside the track. Alexandre Promio filmed it for the Société Lumière. The listed length is 31 seconds. The French catalog title is Arrivée d'un train à Battery Place.

Cast & crew

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Released in 1896. Promio was a Lumière operator working in the United States. No player is billed.

Themes

Look

Promio set the camera where the arriving train and the street traffic are in one frame.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The view is Battery Place, at the southern tip of Manhattan.
  • Carriages share the shot with the train.
  • 31 seconds is the listed length.
  • The producing company is French. The street is New York.

Scenes

  • Passengers step down as carriages pass along the street.

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