It's a slow panorama shot of the river front of Paris, #1164 in the Lumiere catalogue.

Bear in mind that in 1900, a panorama shot was any shot from a moving camera. Place it on a train, a car, a boat, and crank as it moved, it was a panorama. Our modern idea of a panorama shot, in which the camera turned on its axis, was not even possible before 1898. A movie camera was too bulky and heavy to move with any grace. It was only in 1898 that smaller cameras came into being, and tripods to mount them on, with the ability to swivel on their mountings. As such cameras became more common, the sense of the word 'panorama' as applied to cinema, began to change. After about 1905, the modern sense prevailed.

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The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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Panorama of the Quai de la Seine, Paris, France.

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