Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
About Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
The camera rides on the roof of a moving train and looks down for about a minute on the roofs and streets of a French town.
Cast & crew
More about Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Georges Méliès filmed the panorama for Star Film in 1898. No town is named in the catalogue line, and no players appear. The view is an actuality, not a trick film.
Themes
Making
Méliès, or his cameraman, clamped the camera to the roof and let the town pass under the lens.
Look
The camera sits on the train roof and looks down as the car moves through the town.
Notes
- The operator is on the car roof, so the frame tips down onto the street rather than straight ahead down the track.
- Star Film issued it the same year as Méliès's trick subjects, but this one has no substitution or painted set.
- No cast is listed.
- Catalogues time the glimpse at about one minute.
Scenes
- Rooftops and streets slide under the camera for the length of the shot.
