Passage of Venus(1874)

Passage of Venus Synopsis

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.

Passage of Venus (1874) is a documentary film directed by P.J.C. Janssen, released on December 9, 1874 with a runtime of 1m. Viewers rate it 6.4 out of 10 across 145 ratings.