Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896).


Did the film's watchers really panic when the filmed train came tearing around the bend?

It is clear that at least one viewer did: Bob Caesar's great-grandfather, seeing the short film at The Grand in 1901, was so terrified that he vowed: Nothing new, nothing different ... ever again ... gotta make sure and pass this on to my kinfolk ...

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