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Another of the Lumiere Brothers' one-shot films, this time showing a steam train arriving at a station and moving towards the camera It has passed into film folklore for the incident that occurred at ... read more read more...its world premiere, when the audience, unfamiliar with the cinema thought the train was really coming right at them, and panicked!

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  • September 15, 2011
    The first movie shown by the Lumiere brothers or by anyone to an audience of people. Every movie buff needs to see it.
  • April 20, 2010
    They're simple, some would say even primitive but they're all quite beautiful in their own way. Pioneering magic from the brothers Lumiere.

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