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Movie poster: Lyon, travaux au canal de Jonage: Machine à damer (1897)
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Lyon, travaux au canal de Jonage: Machine à damer

1897 · 1 min Documentary
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

A group of workers, aided by a steam-roller, are leveling the ground during the construction of the Jonage canal, a diversion of the Rhône river, which was built in order to supply the hydroelectric plant of Cusset.

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Year 1897
Country France
Genre Documentary
Director Louis Lumière
Runtime 1 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.5/10 (12 votes)

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The film constructs a concise, almost archaeological document of early cinema, relying on the pure recording of a process. There is no narrative, only the hypnotic rhythm of labor and steam, frozen in time.

What lingers after viewing is the mesmerizing mechanics of a pre-industrial age, where humans are still part of the work cycle, not merely its observers. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Louis Lumière

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Watch in silence, as a moving photograph, to appreciate its historical texture.

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