Arrival of Tongkin Train (1901)
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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