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Arrival of Tokyo Train
(1898) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Frederick Blechynden. / © 22 June 1898 by Thomas A. Edison [38208]. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot on a day between 14-30 April 1898 in Yokohama, Japan. Musser control number 522.
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [The Phonoscope, July 1898, page 14] Here is a Japanese railway depot, something quite different from the bustle and hustle of our American railroad stations. A train is just arriving at Yokohama. The engine is of a modified American type, while the passenger coaches are similar on construction to the accepted English idea. The first and second-class coaches are quite modern looking and have glass windows, in distinction from the third class.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Japan: Yokohama - Railroads - Transportation: Trains, Train stations
Listing updated: 24 January 2009.
References: Musser-Edison p. 406; Niver-Early p. 13.
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