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Pompiers à Lyon (1896)In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and each wagon carries from two to eight ... See full summary » |
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In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and each wagon carries from two to eight firefighters. After the wagons pass, carts and pedestrians resume traffic on the street. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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The heroic fireman, together with trains and boats, seemed to be a favourite subject of the early filmmaker simply because they embodied the urgency of speed that the motion picture was so adept at capturing and at which the camera was not. Edison shot a few films of firemen charging around New York before Edwin S. Porter fictionalised their heroism in The Life of an American Fireman in 1903. This is the real thing, captured on the streets of Lyon. It's a very brief film showing the horse-drawn carriages racing towards the camera and rushing past. Within seconds of departure the street has returned to normal. For all the high speed action this isn't one of the Lumiere's better films.