The Road of Anthracite (1903)

Directed by

Edwin Stanton Porter

Genre

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.

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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.

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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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