New York, USA Anthony Marcellini
Thomas Edison: New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge
(1899)
Thomas Edison: Rube and Mandy at Coney Island (1903)
New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge is the first train
ride across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was filmed from inside the train.
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island shows how people enjoyed themselves
during the times when the entertainment at Coney Island was still
on the wild side.
Men and women ride on wooden horses, which are running on tracks.
The sliding is a sensation and all the people are falling on top
of each other. Rube und Mandy are a comical pair that is there to
entertain the visitors. They ride cows, fight over the Test Your
Strength game, and eat hot dogs.
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