The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
• June 30th, 1896 • 0h 1min
Documentary
Overview
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Searching for Oscar
Released on: 2019-03-29
Documentary
Óscar Peyrou is a veteran Spanish film critic who writes his reviews according to a very peculiar me...
Beavers
Released on: 1988-01-01
Documentary
A story about several beaver families in their wild surroundings. The interesting process of buildin...
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
Released on: 2018-01-10
Documentary
An insider's look into Francis Ford Coppola's latest Live Cinema project, Distant Vision.
Origins of Life
Released on: 2001-06-26
Documentary
A documentary that explores the natural world of the sea, from the single-celled organism to more co...
Taking Stock
Released on: 2017-09-09
Comedy, Documentary
Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, ...
Satan Satie
Released on: 2016-01-12
Documentary
Erik Satie’s work is at the heart of modern music. However, who was Satie? An elusive genius or a vi...
Steam Across America Volume I
Released on: 1993-12-10
Documentary
Pentrex takes you back in time to the late 1950s and 1960s for a close-up look at the waning years o...
A Forbidden Orange
Released on: 2021-10-23
Documentary, History
Spain, 1970s. A Clockwork Orange, a film considered by critics and audiences as one of the best work...
Starlight
Released on: 1969-12-04
Documentary
A Tibetan Lama. His disciple. The disciple's wife, young boy and terrier. An old tugboat crossing th...
Autour des Salines
Released on: 1964-07-16
Documentary
Life in a rural area in Spain where the sole source of income is the physically gruelling labour of ...
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Released on: 1994-10-07
Documentary
This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his c...
Refuge
Released on: 1972-01-01
Documentary
A documentary about the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order in London.
Railroaders
Released on: 1958-01-29
Documentary
A film about winter railroading in the Canadian Rockies and the men who keep the lines clear. The st...
King Kong: Monster and Myth
Released on: 2024-11-19
Documentary, History
In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to ...
Focus on Marijuana
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary
The film depicts young people at various socioeconomic levels presenting their views on the use of m...
Paris at Dawn
Released on: 1957-08-31
Documentary
Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.
The Adventures of Slater's Friend
Released on: 2005-04-22
Comedy, Documentary
A film crew trails Philbert Powell through his morning, from the supermarket to his job at a video s...
Martha
Released on: 2020-01-01
Documentary
Documentary of Daniel Schubert's grandmother, Martha Katz, a Holocaust survivor.