Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

1901
1m

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Persons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this film takes the audience from the bright su... Read allPersons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this film takes the audience from the bright sunshine into the dim obscurity of the subway. The Underground stations and rows of Electric... Read allPersons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this film takes the audience from the bright sunshine into the dim obscurity of the subway. The Underground stations and rows of Electric Arc lamps are plainly shown and, after traversing the tunnel for a considerable distance,... Read all

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- J. Stuart Blackton
- Albert E. Smith

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- J. Stuart Blackton
- Albert E. Smith

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No Idea Where This Is

The view of New York City's IRT line from the front of a subway car having proved popular, Blackton and Smith shot this..... and found themselves in trouble, as the lighting levels varied from bright sunlight to pitch darkness, the half-timbered track supports and spurts of steam rendered the venue hellish, and the back-and-forth motion of the camera as it weaved on the anything-but-straight track induced nausea in the audience.

Apparently they figured the thing to do was to sell the film to Edison, who bought it and released it.