L' Arriv?e d'un train (1895) (History) (Film Reel Footage)

paul-scream22

Saw this link over on Shareconnector and thought might be of interest to some people here?

Have always read about this peice of film being the first known film reel in existance, but never seen what it actually entailed.
Nothing exciting here, although some recollections are of people fleeing the cinema in beleif that the train was going to crash through screen!!

zlobniwcracman wrote:

first movie, ever !!!!

L' Arriv?e d'un train a la Ciotat (1895)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0000012/

Also Known As:
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895) (USA)
Arrival of the Mail Train, The (1895)
Runtime: 1 min
Country: France
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent

ed2k: lumiere.train.arrives.(1896).avi [5.81 Mb] [Stats]

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:24 am **Post subject:**

awesome!!! tnx alot mate. =)

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:27 am **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

awesome!!! tnx alot mate. =)

I was hoping you might be interested in this.

I thought is something most film enthusiasts would know of and want to check out :wink:

Fast download as small file, and basically just what it says, train arriving at station :roll:

But has to be seen, as to think it was shot in 1895 - 110 years ago!!!

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:48 am **Post subject:**

Watched it allready! =)

Was surprised by the good quality! Rather smooth movement, not to quirky. Really fun to watch. hehe, if you wanna do a double feature, you should team it up with 'Forgotten Silver'. =)

d0c · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:33 pm **Post subject:**

okay i will try this 110 years old crap to, maybe i will be fleeing the pc room becouse of trains :lol:

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:52 pm **Post subject:**

outta curiosity gunna grab this too:)

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:49 am **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

Watched it allready! =)

Was surprised by the good quality! Rather smooth movement, not to quirky. Really fun to watch. hehe, if you wanna do a double feature, you should team it up with 'Forgotten Silver'. =)

Yeah i was surprised by the quality too, I always expected this to be of really bad quality and jerky and literally just a train travelling for like 5 seconds, concidering it's the frist piece of motion footage recorded.
But to see the people all bustling around was wierd.

What I really love about the early use of film/cinema and when it was first invented is that so much of the footage was horror related

We all know of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), but just shortly after this train footage a short movie was made <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000091/" target=blank>Manor of the Devil</a>, very much beleived to be the first Vampire flick - in 1896!!!!

And of course there is Thomas Edisons venture into film with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0001223/" target=blank>Frankenstein</a>, shot in 1910!!!!

From 1896-1930 onwards was one big horror fest film wise!

I would really love to see the 1910 Frankenstein, that was 1st before this train footage on my wants :wink:

davy1031 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:45 pm **Post subject:**

Wow! Seeing the first "film" ever made is itself a really cool expierence. And it's amazingly high quality, thanks for the link!

Crash · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:30 pm **Post subject:**

@ paul-scream22:
i got something for you

ed2k: Frankenstein.1910.Edison.avi [150.00 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Frankenstein.1910.Edison.Cover.jpg [1.11 Mb] [Stats]

[ Add all 2 links to your ed2k client ]

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:13 pm **Post subject:**

Crash wrote:

@ paul-scream22:
i got something for you

Frankenstein.1910.Edison.avi
Frankenstein.1910.Edison.Cover.jpg

Sweet man.

Thanks alot Crash, hope it's fully sourced.
:beerchug:

for the release :wink:

Crash · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:18 pm **Post subject:**

it is

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:20 pm **Post subject:**

Crash wrote:

it is, i'm the source

Then you're definitely the man Crash
Where you get it?

Crash · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:23 pm **Post subject:**

it has been released on dvd as a double feature with nosferatu back in 2003. this was the only release of the movie and it's no longer sold as i saw on their website:
http://www.lrsmarketing.com/adventures/

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:34 pm **Post subject:**

Well looks like this is my chance to grab it.
And finally get to see this little gem.
Again - Thanks for the link :wink:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:27 pm **Post subject:**

Awesome Crash!! :beerchug:

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:32 am **Post subject:**

totally awesome!!!

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:49 am **Post subject:**

I thought this was the first outdoor footage. The first footage was "Man Sneezing" from 1894, one year prior to the train footage.
Eddison copyrighted it in 1894 for use on the new projectors he's stolen the idea off and patented :lol:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:54 am **Post subject:**

yup definitely ealier:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0000008/
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)

On a topical issue, I *think* this is being played in Bram Stoker's Dracula when she goes to see the cinemascopes or whatever they are peddling them as. I can't remember, and I'm not going to suffer the mental trauma of watching that movie again to check :lol:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:41 am **Post subject:**

http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/edmp/0026A.mpg

lol. I liked the train better.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:25 am **Post subject:**

lol, yeah, but they are both pretty lame beyond their historical value. The kitten boxing sounds cool though, I think that was from 1894 too.

L' Arriv?e d'un train (1895) (History) (Film Reel Footage)

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