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The Empire State Express
Also known as [Empire State Express, No. 1]
(1896) United States of America
B&W : [?] 26 or 147? feet
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by [?] W.K.L. Dickson or G.W. Bitzer? / © 25 July 1902 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H20217]. Premiered 12 October 1896 at Hammerstein’s Olympia Music Hall Theatre in New York, New York. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The film was shot on 30 September 1896. The production was shot at approximately 36 frames per second. The film was made for Biograph projection and was shown for the first Biograph system program.
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] The New York Central’s celebrated train running at 60 miles an hour. Splendid in action and unusually fine photographically. The greatest train view ever taken.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Transportation: Trains
Listing updated: 9 September 2023.
References: Altman-Sound pp. 86-87, 88; Barry-Griffith p. 9; Musser-Emerge pp. 4, 150, 152, 155, 164, 180, 376, 601; Ramsaye-Million p. 286b; Robinson-Palace p. 64; Slide-Early p. 12; Tarbox-Lost pp. 29, 30 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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