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| Author: | Sloan [ Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 1900 movie of Boston subway |
Boston Public Library offers a one minute twenty second video stream of an Edison movie (1900) titled: Boston Subway from an Electric Car. Others on this board may have success–I didn't—in downloading. www.bpl.org/central/bostonmovies.htm Sloan |
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| Author: | Al Stangenberger [ Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
There are also several early films related to railroads available for download from the Library of Congress as part of their American Memory Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ For their collection of early Edison films in particular, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edisonquery.html |
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| Author: | jd johnson [ Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
Isn't there some film that Edison took of the original Georgetown Loop? JD Johnson, Morhead and North Fork Railroad Historian |
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| Author: | Tolbert V. Prowell [ Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
I had no trouble downloading and viewing the film strip. Quite interesting! T. V. Prowell |
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| Author: | Al Stangenberger [ Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
Quote: Isn't there some film that Edison took of the original Georgetown Loop?
I couldn't find it on-line, but maybe I wasn't searching quite correctly ... |
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| Author: | survivingworldsteam [ Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
Check out the film footage "Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y." Near the very end, there is a spoil train pulled by a steam locomotive. I am almost certain it is one of the former NYE Forneys that were sold off to industrial customers; the date of the film is 1903. If it is an NYE forney, then it is not a "narrow guage train" as is stated in the Summary. -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a Surviving World Steam Project |
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| Author: | kalbrandt [ Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1900 movie of Boston subway |
jd johnson wrote: Isn't there some film that Edison took of the original Georgetown Loop?
About forty seconds of Georgetown Loop footage shot by Edison in 1900 is part of an approximately seven and one-half minute episode entitled "Railroading in the East 1897-1906: Thomas Edison's Early Steam Train Motion Pictures." In "America's Railroads: The Steam Train Legacy" DVD. Marathon Music & Video #62343. Copyright 2001 Dastar Corp./Marathon Music & Video. Produced and distributed by Entertainment Distribting, P.O. Box 22738, Eugene, Oregon 97402. The DVD includes five additional episodes with a total running time of approximately two hours. It's part of a three DVD set available here: http://www.timelessmusic.com/dvds/ameri ... 3dvd_4.htm I have no affiliation with the producer or distributor but certainly enjoyed their product. |
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