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Passage of Venus

1874, French. Directed by P.J.C. Janssen & Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior.

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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Released
9 December 1874
Original title
Passage de Venus
Country
France
black and whitesilent filmastronomyvenus the planet19th centuryscience and technologytransit of venusshort filmjanssen photographic revolver

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Passage of Venus (1874) was directed by P.J.C. Janssen and Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior.

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