Quai de l'Archevêché

The Lumiere Bros knew what their audiences would find interesting--so, upon hearing the Saone river flooded, they went out with their camera and got a brief moving picture of two horse-drawn carriages going through the waters while creating ripples. Wow, that's SOOOOO interesting, is what you'd hear today from lots of folks. And indeed, it is unspectacular to watch--like I said, just horse-drawn carriages rolling through the waters. However, the history is what makes this still short still interesting today--otherwise, it is a short film of a rather unremarkable subject.