The scene of the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railroads at Elizabeth, N.J. While a Pennsylvania train is passing over the arch, the Philadelphia Express on the Central Railroad comes dashing underneath at full speed, head on to the audience.
Watch the official Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway 1897 trailer in HD below.
United States 31 July 1897
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01 January 1979
Short documentary film on the fashionable nightclubs and the trendy pop culture scenes that were famous in London on the late 70's.
01 January 1955
Short film on the cattle industry and movement of cattle along the production line.
01 April 1957
A documentary about traditional Ukrainian arts and crafts and folk applied art, shot by Sergei Parajanov on commission from the Kyiv Television Studio.
29 February 2024
A man and his spirit navigate in harmony with nature. By day, by night, by the upheavals of unpredictability, he navigates the river as we all navigate our lives.
25 November 2022
A short retrospective documentary on the struggles of eating disorder.
31 January 2016
After a 9 month mission as a doctor in war-torn Central African Republic, Susanna returns to Sweden only to find she no longer can call it her home.
01 January 1943
Government film on the use of railroads in moving troops to support the war efort.
26 December 1968
Filmed at the October 1968 meeting in Hawaii of several hundred police chiefs of the International Association of Chiefs of Police as they watch demonstrations of gruesome anti-riot weapons, sing patriotic songs, and defend their policies in front of the camera.
01 January 1955
Gilles Groulx's first film shot in 1955 with a camera borrowed from his brother and edited during his spare time when he worked as an editor at the Radio-Canada news service a few years before he joined the NFB.
01 January 1969
Set in New Brunswick, "Éloge du chiac" takes the form of an open discussion between a young French-language teacher and her students in Moncton.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1897:
22 September 1897
Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith illustrates why.
07 March 1897
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
07 March 1897
Several shots of the carnival in Nice, floats and parade costumes, passing along the crowded streets.
20 October 1897
Another Edison film shot in San Francisco at the Fisherman's Wharf. Once again the camera is looking down on a group of men doing their jobs.
01 January 1897
A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.
20 October 1897
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
31 May 1897
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor.
22 June 1897
30 June 1897
In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle.
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