New York Subway (1905)

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   moontopmountain

   This reminds me of one of Susan Sontag's essays where she says how old photos gradually become more interesting over time because we view them with the perspective of the future looking at the past. These films fascinate me. Effects wizardry and moviemaking fashions are often outdated quickly, but even something as mundane as a train journey filmed for 6 minutes takes on its own kind of magic as time passes on, being a window into another time and a perfect capture of a place during one moment in history. It's moving to watch these early documentaries knowing that all of these now-dead people were once ordinary folks with full, colourful lives and the only thing that we have of most of them are glimpses on a few frames watched 100 years later. 10 years 1 month ago
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   spartacus007

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjKL8_er34s 14 years 2 months ago
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   timmy_501

   Strangely enthralling. This is probably the best of these types of film that I've seen. 12 years 3 months ago

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