New York Subway

  • USA Interior N.Y. Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street (more)
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Short / Documentary
USA, 1905, 6 min

Directed by:

G.W. Bitzer

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This groundbreaking film shot six months after the opening of the New York subway follows a train traveling from Union Square to Grand Central Station. The dark tunnel is illuminated not only by the train that's transporting the cameraman, but also by the headlights of a car driving along the sideline. The lighting takes full advantage of the architecture of the tunnel, which is reinforced with white columns arranged closely together one-by-one. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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