''Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon'' (), also known as ''Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory'' and ''Exiting the Factory'', is an

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French short

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silent

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directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although

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's 1888 ''

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'' pre-dated it by six and a half years.

Content

Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways-‌‌‌‌‌‌the clothing style changes demonstrating the different seasons in which they were filmed. They are often referred to as the "one horse", "two horses", and "no horse" versions, in reference to a horse-drawn carriage that appears in the first two versions (pulled by one horse in the original and two horses in the first remake). Another film with the same theme was made in 1896, that features another factory (or another entrance to the same factory) with different people.

Production

This film was made in the 35 mm format with an

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of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.

Current status

Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including ''Landmarks of Early Film volume 1'', ''The Movies Begin - A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894 - 1913'' and ''The Lumière Brothers' First Films''. The film has been known by a large number of alternative titles in

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and the

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over the years since its production including ''La Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon-Montplaisir'', ''Sortie de l'Usine Lumière'', ''La Sortie des Usines'', ''Les ouvriers et ouvrières sortant de l'Usine Lumière'', ''Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory'', ''Leaving the Factory'', ''Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory'', ''Lunch Hour at the Lumière Factory'', ''Dinner Hour at the Factory Gate of M. Lumière at Lyon'', ''Exiting the Factory'', ''La Sortie des ouvriers de l'Usine Lumière''.

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