1874-PASSAGE-DE-VENUS-Pierre-Jules-César-Janssen-1874-عبور-الزهرة-1874-janssen-passage-de - 10Youtube.com <br />Passage de Venus is a series of photographs of the transit of <br />the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874. They were taken in Japan by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his 'photographic revolver'. It is the oldest film in IMDb.