Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
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About Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Men and women walk out through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon. A horse-drawn carriage passes among them. Wikipedia distinguishes three versions: one carriage horse in the first, two horses in the second, and further differences in a third.
Cast & crew
More about Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Louis Lumière directed, produced, and photographed the film on March 22, 1895. Wikidata lists a running time of 42 seconds. The catalog overview says Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene came seven years earlier; Wikipedia says six and a half years.
Themes
Background
The film is often called the first real motion picture. Wikipedia notes that Roundhay Garden Scene, shot by Louis Le Prince in 1888, is earlier.
Look
Louis Lumière photographed workers leaving his family's factory gate in Lyon.
Preservation
Wikipedia says three versions survive, and that they differ in the carriage and in other details.
Notes
- French titles on Wikipedia include La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon.
- Other English titles given there are Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory and Exiting the Factory.
- Wikipedia describes the picture as black and white and silent.
Scenes
- The workforce streams through the Lyon gate as a horse carriage comes through.
