New York, Broadway

1896 Documentary 41 seconds Directed by Alexandre Promio

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About New York, Broadway

A fixed camera records a busy stretch of Broadway in New York in 1896, with people and traffic passing. Alexandre Promio directed the Lumière view.

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Wikidata times it at 41 seconds and lists the producing country as France. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

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Look

Promio set the camera on one stretch of Broadway and left it.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The street is the subject. No one is billed.
  • The camera does not pan.
  • The Commons file is labeled 1896.

Scenes

  • Pedestrians and vehicles cross the fixed frame.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (New York, Broadway)

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