The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) (1901)

Georgetown, 1901. A silver-mining town at 8,500 feet near the crest of the Rockies. Hooked somehow to the rear of a four-car passenger train is a camera that pans the scenery and, when the train goes around curves, looks ahead to see the engine and passenger cars: the passengers wave hundreds of white handkerchiefs out of the train's left-side windows for the benefit of the camera. The town comes into view; the tracks are above the town, so the camera looks down on dozens of modest rooftops as it pans the area. (AMB 1901, copyrighted 1903.)

Date of release
1901-07-01
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
3m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Billy Bitzer

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