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NEW YORK CITY & BROOKLYN ELEVATED RAILROAD RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAY & TROLLEY CARS MD52094a (1955)

1955 · Feature film · 47 min

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These silent home movies of the Brooklyn and New York City Rapid Transit system were shot by Artie Keyser in 1955-56. Timecodes listed correspond to screen timecodes. 00:00 TITLE 00:41 Elevated BMT railway in Brooklyn 01:46 Grade Grossing 05:23 Yard scenes 05:59 Ramp track, Riding the Brooklyn open window Gate Cars 12:06 A Train in underground station 16:02 Elevated tracks 18:02 Work equipment 22:49 Car 1249 open gate car 22:06 Work equipment 22:39 Car 1248 23:19 Brooklyn Open gate cars 23:35 Work train over draw bridge 23:50 Work equipment 24:50 Car 1642 25:00 Car Yard in Brooklyn 26:10 Open car no. 1309 26:49 Staten Island rapid transit cars 27:20 Car 504 27:35 Car 7007 28:00 Car 8017 Coney Island shops 28:05 Car 759 BMT Motor car 28:27 Train near Coney Island 28:41 The Mineola—August Belmont’s private car, built 1904, it was a fancy private subway car used by Mr Belmont, who financed the original NY subway system. Used until 1919, – the Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven, Ct. 32:17 Brooklyn PCC trolley scenes 33:41 over Belt Parkway near Coney Island 34:10 under elevated tracks 35:50 Car 1066 36:11 Open ended elevated Brooklyn cars 36:40 Following Brooklyn PCC 37:00 Sweeper 6, plow 69 and car 4550 all displayed for a group 39:35 PCC on loop track 40:04 PCC 1042 pulling out 41:00 PCC 1026 41:19 Rebuilding LIRR Line to Far Rockaway into NYTA A train line 42:51 Broad Channel Station construction 44:52 New drawbridge 47:23 work train 47:55 First run on rebuilt line 50:21…

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Running time
47 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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