Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (1897)

Directed by

George Albert Smith

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

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.

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How it feels

This is a very short film from 1897 that shows an electric train running on tracks placed in the ocean near Brighton. It records a piece of everyday technology and transportation from the past.

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What happens

Brighton Seagoing Electric Car è un cortometraggio del 1897 diretto da George Albert Smith. sinistra|miniatura|La ferrovia di Volk a Brighton sfida i mari tempestosi a est di Banjo Grove Treno elettrico che percorreva su dei binari disposti nell'oceano oltre Brighton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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