New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 1
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"The film was photographed from a single-camera position from the front of a railroad train as it crossed the bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan"--Early motion pictures.
61217 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22Sep1899; 61217.
Filmed September, 1899 on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, New York.
Content appears to be very similar to New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 2, but according to Musser's Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, this film is 50 feet shorter.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1733) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 524; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 220; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 89 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 4668 to FYA 2065.
The history of New York City's transportation system. New York City is distinguished from other U.S. cities for its low personal automobile ownership and its significant use of public transportation. New York is the only city in the United States where over half of all households do not own a car (Manhattan's non-ownership is even higher, around 75%; nationally, the rate is 8%). New York City has, by far, the highest rate of public transportation use of any American city. New York City also has the longest mean travel time for commuters (39 minutes) among major U.S. cities. The Second Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed the city – the port infrastructure grew at such a rapid pace after the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal that New York became the most important connection between all of Europe and the interior of the United States. Elevated trains and subterranean transportation ('El trains' and 'subways') were introduced between 1867 and 1904. Private automobiles brought an additional change for the city by around 1930, notably the 1927 Holland Tunnel.
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