Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

New York at the turn of the century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local transit--New York (State)--New York.

Local transit.

Subway stations--New York (State)--New York.

Subway stations.

Subways--New York (State)--New York.

Subways.

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

Transportation.

Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 min.).

Other Title:

Interior New York subway, Fourteenth Street to Forty-second Street

Place of Publication:

United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.

Notes:

Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 5June1905; H61570.

Original duration: 3:37 (part 1) and 2:41 (part 2) at 15 fps.

Previously published as DVD.

OCLC:

701797910