The Great Train Robbery - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1903)
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- Creator
- National Postal Museum
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- 3,468
- Video Title
- The Great Train Robbery - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1903)
- Description
- 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/
- Video Duration
- 11 min 51 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- Smithsonian "postal museum" "National Postal Museum" stamps philately post office history
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- 2011-03-30T16:52:42.000Z
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- YouTube Videos
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- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting
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- yt_DX320FynxXg
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