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104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway
Also known as [Panoramic View, Elevated R.R., 104th St. Curve], [104th St. Curve, New York Elevated Railway]
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] James H. White? / © 22 April 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [27964]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in [?] March to mid-April? 1899. The film was also sold in a 75-foot length. Musser control number 681. A separate film from American Mutoscope’s Elevated R.R., 110th St. Curve, New York City (190?).
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [The Phonoscope, June 1899, page 17] Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over the celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of great interest, but the view of up-town New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, steeples and towering apartment houses. As the “special” slows up at 92nd Street, a Harlem express dashes by, the engineer leaning out of his cab, and waving a good-bye. 150 feet. $22.50.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1752), 35mm reference positive (FEB 9826)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 March 2010.
References: Musser-Edison pp. 497-498 : Website-IMDb; Website-LoC.
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