The camera observes the traffic, including people walking and a number of horses pulling carriages. This documentary short by Louis Lumière was the nineth motion picture ever shown to a paying audience, at Le Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris on December 28, 1895, where the Lumière brothers hosted the very first public screening of their works.
January 1, 1970
Place des Cordeliers à Lyon (1895) ***
The camera observes the traffic, including people walking and a number of horses pulling carriages. This documentary short by Louis Lumière was the nineth motion picture ever shown to a paying audience, at Le Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris on December 28, 1895, where the Lumière brothers hosted the very first public screening of their works.
