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The Road of Anthracite (1903)

The Road of Anthracite poster
Directed by
Edwin Stanton Porter
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent short film shows scenes from a train line to promote that passengers will not be covered in coal dust. It is one of the earliest examples of advertising on film.

informationaleducationalstraightforwardhistoricalpropagandisticstaticsimpledirect

What happens

The Road of Anthracite byl americký němý film z roku 1903. Režisérem byl Edwin S. Porter (1870–1941). Film, který se skládal z několika scén, měl propagačně ukázat, že cestující na lince Delaware-Lackawanna nebudou zasaženi uhelnými sazemi (antracitem). Jedná se o jednu z prvních reklam na filmovém plátně. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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