La Ciotat is a town in South-East France and this little short may very well be what she's most famous for. While the train arrival is the center of the film according to the title, the real highlight are the people waiting for it. You see one man running in front. He obviously expected the train to stop earlier. Just like you do today when you know you should enter right behind the driver to save some way as you will otherwise need to walk the way anyway at the station where you exit.
Another interesting thing is the film's hat culture. Hats and mustaches obviously were the most common thing back then, two trends we see less and less these days. Also, nobody really seems to realize that they are filmed. Just think of going to your nearest train station and start filming and imagine for a moment how people today would react to it. They'd either love it or hate it. Here everybody's just going on doing his business.
Another interesting thing is the film's hat culture. Hats and mustaches obviously were the most common thing back then, two trends we see less and less these days. Also, nobody really seems to realize that they are filmed. Just think of going to your nearest train station and start filming and imagine for a moment how people today would react to it. They'd either love it or hate it. Here everybody's just going on doing his business.