Detail
Title ID | 8445 | Collection ID | 1196 | ||||||||
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Title | A Switchback Railway | ||||||||||
Date | [1898?] | ||||||||||
Collection | Early Films | ||||||||||
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Theme | Early film in the South East | ||||||||||
Keywords | Railways Entertainment Seaside Resorts Leisure Time Activities Clothing Children | ||||||||||
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Format | Black & White Silent | ||||||||||
Duration | 00:00:48:24 | ||||||||||
Copyright & Access | Copyright restrictions apply, contact Screen Archive South East for details |
Summary
Footage of a switchback railway amuses its passengers in this film by Robert Paul of the late 1890s.
Description
A carriage on a wooden switchback railway, an early version of a roller coaster, passes the camera and continues along the tracks. Two other carriages carrying passengers are on the railway simultaneously. One of the carriages arrives back at the start and a group of smartly dressed school-age children alight the train.
Contextual information
A switchback railway, an early roller coaster pioneered at Coney Island NY, features in [Edwardian Folkstone].