The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) (1903)

1903 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Billy Bitzer

• Documentary

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Synopsis

Georgetown, 1901. A silver-mining town at 8,500 feet near the crest of the Rockies. Hooked somehow to the rear of a four-car passenger train is a camera that pans the scenery and, when the train goes around curves, looks ahead to see the engine and passenger cars: the passengers wave hundreds of white handkerchiefs out of the train's left-side windows for the benefit of the camera. The town comes into view; the tracks are above the town, so the camera looks down on dozens of modest rooftops as it pans the area. (AMB 1901, copyrighted 1903.)

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Details

Director

Billy Bitzer

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1901-07-01

Running time

3 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Silent Films, Feature Films

Cast & crew

• Billy Bitzer Director

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