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The Empire State Express
(1896) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by [?] G.W. Bitzer? / Premiered 12 October 1896 at Hammerstein’s Olympia Music Hall Theatre in New York, New York. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / 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.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Transportation: Trains

Listing updated: 15 September 2007.

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.