Title:

Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St.
Archival film and video materials from the collections of the Library of Congress.

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creators: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
dates: 1905
talent: -
producer: -
director: -
cameras: G. W. "Billy" Bitzer
sound tracks: -
composer: -
duration: 00:03:37:00 (15 fps)
original media: 35 mm: paper positive
digital id: 20761s1Subway1.ram

Description:

Part one of two. Back of subway car is filmed, from working car following, leaving the station platform. People are visible standing on the platform. Fade to black.  Subway continues the ride showing the interior of the tunnel including support beams and track. 

Subjects:

motion pictures, documentaries, subways, subway stations, New York City, Union Square, Grand Central Station

Style:

black-and-white film, silent film

Implication: 

film innovations, early transportation, industrialism, urban life, machinery, engineering feats

Reference Information:

The first subway in New York City was opened in October, 1904. This ride shows a trip between 14th Street and Grand Central Station on the IRT. From The Library of Congress American Memory
 

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