L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat (1895) Short Film

Another of the Lumiere Brothers' one-shot films, this time showing a steam train arriving at a station and moving towards the camera It has passed into film folklore for the incident that occurred at its world premiere, when the audience, unfamiliar with the cinema thought the train was really coming right at them, and panicked! (imdb)
Genres: Documentary, Action
AKAs: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, The Arrival of a Train
Country: France
Directed By: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière
Starring: Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière, Rose Lumière, Suzanne Lumière

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