A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon is an 1896 British short silent actuality film, directed by Henry Short, featuring a view looking out to sea through the Bocca d’Inferno cave near Lisbon, with waves breaking in. The film, “is indeed a very impressive achievement,” according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, “with the mouth of the cave acting as a frame for the central action,” “this was one of the first instances in early cinema of a creative approach towards framing a shot,” and, “was singled out for its pictorial qualities“.