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A Trip through Berlin (1910)

A Trip through Berlin poster
Original title
Eine Hochbahnfahrt durch Berlin
Directed by
Oskar Messter
Genre
documentary film
Country
German Reich
Runtime
6 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This 1910 film shows a ride on Berlin's elevated U-Bahn line U1. A camera mounted on the train captures the passing cityscape, including buildings and scenes of daily life from above.

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What happens

Eine Hochbahnfahrt durch Berlin ist ein Kurzdokumentarfilm von 1910. Eine Kamera am Führerstand einer U-Bahn filmt die Fahrt auf der Hochbahnstrecke der Linie U1 vom Bahnhof Stralauer Tor (unmittelbar nordöstlich der Spree) durch die Stationen Oranienstraße und Kottbuser Tor bis zur Möckernbrücke. Dabei ist die umliegende Gegend mit Häusern und Alltagsleben gut zu erkennen.Jung, Loiperdinger, 2013, S. 279, mit kurzer Beschreibung des Films (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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