Passage of Venus (1874)
• December 9th, 1874 • 0h 1min
Documentary
Overview
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking
Released on: 2014-02-03
Documentary
The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectru...
An Inconvenient Truth
Released on: 2006-05-24
Documentary
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
Cuba's Cancer Hope
Released on: 2020-04-01
Documentary
When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced ...
Cloudspotting
Released on: 2010-04-26
Documentary
This 90-minute documentary brings to life Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s international bestseller, “The Cloud...
The Secret Science of Pop
Released on: 2017-02-28
Documentary
Evolutionary biologist Professor Armand Leroi believes data science can transform the pop world. He ...
Nanook of the North
Released on: 1922-06-11
Documentary, Drama
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
Finlandia
Released on: 1922-10-21
Documentary
A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produ...
Napoleon: Destiny and Death
Released on: 2021-04-24
Documentary, Animation, History, TV Movie
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to tak...
Heal
Released on: 2017-10-20
Documentary
A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by cha...
In The Womb
Released on: 2005-01-01
Documentary
In The Womb is a 2005 National Geographic Channel documentary that focus on studying and showing the...
Mastodon in your Backyard
Released on: 2001-09-30
Documentary
A documentary about the 1999 discovery of a Mastodon skeleton in a Hyde Park backyard.
Road to the Stars
Released on: 1957-11-09
Documentary, Science Fiction
This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronauti...
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Released on: 2007-09-02
Documentary, History
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures ta...
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Released on: 1961-03-21
Documentary
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...
The Man Who Wanted to Change the World
Released on: 2016-10-13
Documentary
Peter Westerveld, artist and visionary, doesn’t want institutions to resolve the problems linked to ...
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Released on: 2023-10-29
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Twinkl
Released on: 2008-12-10
Documentary
Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césai...