Passage of Venus (1874)

• Documentary

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.

Rating

6.4 / 10 (148 votes)

Release date

December 9, 1874

Runtime

1m

Language

French

Director

P.J.C. Janssen, Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior

Status

Released