The Haverstraw Tunnel (1897)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A train travels along railroad tracks and passes through the Haverstraw Tunnel in New York. This film from the 1890s shows a view from the front of the train as it moves through the landscape.

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What happens

The Haverstraw Tunnel is an early black and white silent film released in 1897 by the American Mutoscope Company. It is considered to be one of the first examples of a phantom ride (along with Alexandre Promio's Leaving Jerusalem by Railway the same year) and features a train travelling along the West Shore Railroad in Rockland County, New York and then through the eponymous tunnel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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