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Panorama pris d’un train en marche
FRANCE · 1898

Panorama pris d’un train en marche

Georges Méliès
train travel urban landscape early cinematography French location moving camera technique
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Synopsis

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

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