A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Elevated Railway, 23rd Street, New York
(1896) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] James H. White or William Heise?

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Raff & Gammon? / Cinematography by William Heise. / Released May 1896. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot in [?] May? 1896. One of the first films taken with the portable Edison camera.

Documentary: Actuality.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Trains - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 118, 601 : Website-IMDb.