
Passage of Venus
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. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
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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. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
6.7Roundhay Garden Scene
6.3Stalled
7.6Man Walking Around a Corner
5.0Raat Akeli Hai
6.8Macbeth
6.0The Face Robber
6.5Accordion Player
4.8Waiting For You
5.0The 1882 Transit of Venus
6.3Stagecoach
7.6Hackers
6.4Millennium Actress
7.8Mirror
8.0The Hunt for Red October
7.4Rush Hour 2
6.7Dumbo
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