Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

1896 Documentary 43 seconds Directed by Louis Lumière

About Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

The camera rides a train into Perrache station in Lyon. The station building, people waiting, and the rails slide past the window. The Société Lumière released the view. The listed length is 43 seconds. Louis Lumière is one of the credits. Wikidata also lists an unnamed director.

Cast & crew

More about Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

Released in 1896. The title says the panorama was taken from the train. No player is billed.

Themes

Look

The camera is aboard the train, so the station front passes the lens.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Perrache is the Lyon station, not a Paris terminal.
  • The camera moves because the train moves.
  • 43 seconds is the listed length.
  • It is an arrival seen from the carriage, not from the platform.

Scenes

  • The station building and the waiting passengers slide past the carriage window.