Arrival of Tongkin Train (1901)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film from 1901 shows a train arriving at a station in Tianjin, China. It records the event as it happens.

historicalquietobservationalstaticuneditedsloweverydaystraightforward

What happens

Arrival of Tongkin Train, also referred to as Arrival of Train, Tien-Tsin, is a 1901 documentary silent film showing the arrival of a train in Tianjin, China. The film was made by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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