Flixtheatre

The Countryman and the Cinematograph

1901 1 min 5.4

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1901-10-01
Production: Robert W. Paul, Paul's Animatograph Works