Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, Lumière Brothers, 1895
This Lumiere film of the train arriving at the station is my favorite. I like how the platform in the station in nearly completely deserted in the beginning. When the train arrives, the film gets more and more entertaining as people start boarding and getting off of the train. What also makes this film is interesting is that it gives us a glimpse of what everyday life was life at the turn of the century. This film lets us see one of America's great technological achievements, the train, in action.
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