The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station

“The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station” is an early silent film made by the Lumière brothers in 1896. It shows a realistic scene of a train approaching and arriving at a station. The film is significant because it was among the first to capture everyday life using motion pictures, giving viewers a sense of witnessing real events. Its simple yet powerful depiction of a train arriving helped popularize cinema and demonstrated the potential of film as a new form of visual storytelling and entertainment.