The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)

The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)

1901-10-01 United Kingdom 1 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

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