L'Arrivée d'un train en la Gare de la Ciotat, (The Arrival of a Train at la Ciotat Station) is a historicly significant short film produced and distributed by The Lumière Brothers. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean ( October 5, 1864– June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas ( October 19, 1862– April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ...

It premiered on a large screen 28 December 1895 in Paris, France. December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

The audience was reportedly frightened by the image of a train coming directly at them, screamed, and ran to the back of the room. Hellmuth Karasek of Der Spiegel wrote, "One short film had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic... L'Arrivée d'un train en Gare de la Ciotat (Arrival of the Train at La Ciotat Station)....". This is a story that has been repeated numerous times in many publications and by word of mouth. The story implies a primitive audience that were absolutely fooled by the realism of the black and white moving image. In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route. ... Photo of the cover of the first issue of Der Spiegel (1/1947) Der Spiegel (German for The Mirror) is Germanys biggest and most influential weekly magazine, located in Hamburg, with a circulation of around one million per week. ... Word of mouth is the passing of information by verbal means, especially recommendations, but also general information, in an informal, person-to-person manner, rather than by mass media, advertising, organized publication, or traditional marketing. ... The word primitive can refer to: primitive art and Primitivism (art) primitive (biology) primitive (computer science) primitive (linguistics) primitive (mathematics) primitive (ontology) Primitive (song) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

This story is, however, highly suspect. The sophisticated Parisian audience, many of whom may have taken the train to the theater, were well aware that they were going to see a demonstration of a projected moving image. Film scholar and historian Martin Loiperdinger's original essay, "Lumire's Arrival of the Train: Cinema's Founding Myth" (The Moving Image - Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp. 89-118) is a good source with which to debunk the tale.

Louis and his brother Auguste Lumière also filmed Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory that year. Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory (1895) is a significant short film produced and distributed by the Lumière Brothers. ...

See also

History of cinema Origins of motion picture arts and sciences Any overview of the history of cinema would be remiss to fail to at least mention a long history of literature, storytelling, narrative drama, art, mythology, puppetry, shadow play, cave paintings and perhaps even dreams. ...

External link

The Lumiere Institute, Lyon, France (http://www.institut-lumiere.org/)