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PASSAGE DE VENUS

Directed by Pierre Jules César Janssen
France, 1874
Documentary, Short
  • 11 minute

Synopsis

A series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun taken in 1874 by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his ‘photographic revolver’. The images are the first instance of cinematography and time-lapse photography. It is the oldest film in the IMDb.

Synopsis

A series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun taken in 1874 by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his ‘photographic revolver’. The images are the first instance of cinematography and time-lapse photography. It is the oldest film in the IMDb.