EARLY 1900s NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY & ELEVATED LINES INTERBOROUGH TRANSIT AGENCY IRT 55224

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This black & white educational silent film features rare footage of the early days of the New York Subway system. The material shown was filmed 1904-1910 during the transition from peepshow to nickelodeon type moving pictures and were shot by Edison and Biograph cameramen. “Wonderland“ edited the footage together as part of a series of “Movie Museum“ shorts which were sold for home use in the 1940s and 50s. Opening titles: Wonderland presents Movie Museum (:06-:11). Going down the rails of a New York City elevated subway line. New York City’s first subway was the Interborough Rapid Transit. Subway excavation (:35). Smoke and debris from excavation construction. On October 27, 1904, the new subway was opened, at City Hall, dignitaries such as Mayor George McClellan, the financier of the line, August Belmont and the contractor, Joh