Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

Place des Cordeliers à Lyon
The poster advertising the Lumière brothers cinematographe
Directed by	Louis Lumière
Produced by	Louis Lumière
Cinematography	Louis Lumière
Release date(s)	1895 April 15, 2005 (re-release)
Running time	40 seconds
Country	France
Language	Silent

Place des Cordeliers à Lyon (also known as Cordeliers' Square in Lyon) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière.

The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière Cinématographe on 28 December 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. ^[1]

Production

This short documentary was filmed in Place des Cordeliers, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. It was filmed by means of the Cinématographe, an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. ^[2]

Plot

The film has no plot as such but is instead a stationary camera positioned on the Place des Cordeliers in Lyon. The camera observes the traffic passing along the street, including people walking and a number of horses pulling carriages.

Current status

The existing footage of this film was edited into The Lumière Brothers' First Films published in 1996. ^[3]

References

1. ^ "Salon Indien, Grand Café, Paris". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/venues.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-08. 
2. ^ "Technical Specifications". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000027/technical. Retrieved 2007-04-08. 
3. ^ "Movie connections". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000027/movieconnections. Retrieved 2007-04-08. 

External links

• The Lumiere Institute (requires quicktime)
• Place des Cordeliers à Lyon at the Internet Movie Database