Panorama during the Ascent of the Eiffel Tower
About Panorama during the Ascent of the Eiffel Tower
The camera rides an elevator up the Eiffel Tower. The iron of the tower stays in the foreground while the view opens onto the Trocadéro palace and the ground below. The Lumière catalogue lists it as two shots joined by a splice, a rising tracking shot pointed down.
Cast & crew
More about Panorama during the Ascent of the Eiffel Tower
Lumière view number 992. The catalogue does not name the operator. Wikidata lists Louis Lumière. Shot sometime from 1897 to 27 November 1898. Shown that day in Lyon under the title Montée dans la tour Eiffel. One listing gives the length as 17 metres. Wikidata and IMDb time it at 1 minute. The Lumière negative is held.
Themes
Making
The camera was put in the elevator so the tower's own iron stays in frame while the ground drops away.
Look
A rising tracking shot in two pieces joined by a splice, pointed down from the elevator, with the tower structure in the foreground.
Preservation
The Lumière negative is listed as surviving. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Lyon screening on 27 November 1898 is the dated projection in the catalogue.
- The view is of the Trocadéro from the elevator, not a tour of the tower's platforms.
- A 2016 compilation, Lumière!, reused the shot.
Scenes
- The elevator rises and the Trocadéro comes into view past the tower's girders.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Vue Lumière No 992 - Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel (1898).ogv)
