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

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

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

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.

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.

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

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Photographed May 21, 1905. Location: Interborough Subway, 14 St. to 42nd St., New York, N.Y.

Mavis 1810601; Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St.

viewing print and dupe neg; Received: 1991 from LC lab; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

neg pic; Received: ca. 1989 from UCLA; preservation Paper Print Collection.

paper pos; Received: 1905-06-05; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Subways--New York (State)--New York.
Transportation--New York (State)--New York.
Local transit--New York (State)--New York.
Subway stations--New York (State)--New York.
Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Actualities (Motion pictures)

MEDIUM
viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (133 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
dupe neg. 1 film reel of 1 (133 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
neg pic. 1 film reel of 1 (133 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos. 1 roll (133 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

CALL NUMBER
FEB 9845 (viewing print)
FPE 5550 (dupe neg)
FPE 5629 (neg pic)
LC 2057 (paper pos)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 20761s1 20761s2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.20761

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