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The Passage of Venus (French: Le passage de Vénus) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Pierre Larquey, Blanchette Brunoy and Annette Poivre. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. It is based on the 1928 play of the same title by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil.
Passage de Venus: Directed by P.J.C. Janssen. Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
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- Documentary, Short
- P.J.C. Janssen
- 1874-12-09
"Passagem de Vênus (Passage de Venus)" is a silent short film in black and white from 1874, considered one of the first moving records in the history of cinema. Lasting just a few seconds, the film depicts a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun.
Synopsis. Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row.
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- P.J.C. Janssen
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Overview. Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row.
" Passage de Venus is a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874. They were taken in Japan by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his 'photographic revolver'. It is the oldest film in the Internet Movie Database. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage... Addeddate. 2018-01-21 22:54:22. Identifier