A Switchback Railway
| A Switchback Railway | |
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 Screenshot from the film | |
| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
Release date |
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Running time | 39 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
A Switchback Railway is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring patrons riding on a switchback railway at a fairground. "This dynamically composed actuality," according to Micahael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was clearly a success, so much so that James Williamson and the Riley Brothers released their own switchback railway films only a few months later." It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908.[1][2]
References
- ^ Brooke, Michael. "Switchback Railway, A (1898)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
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