The Great Train Robbery - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1903)

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The Great Train Robbery - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1903)

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The "Great Train Robbery," is the first narrative film. Directed in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter, who had worked as a cameraman for Thomas Edison. The 11-minute long film was shot in and near Edison's New Jersey studio. The story line was inspired by several genuine robberies of mail trains in the American West. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 1Dec1903; H38748. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694220/

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11 min 51 sec

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