The Haverstraw Tunnel
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The Haverstraw Tunnel is an early film released in 1897 by the American Mutoscope Company
. It is considered to be the first example of a phantom ride
and features a train
travelling along the West Shore Railroad
in New York and then through the eponymous tunnel.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
. It is considered to be the first example of a phantom ride
Phantom ride
Phantom rides were an early genre of film popular in Britain and the US at the end of the 19th century. Known more generally as "panoramas" at the time, phantom rides were one of the first types of motion picture ever publicly demonstrated. Pre-dating true narrative, the films simply show the...
and features a train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
travelling along the West Shore Railroad
West Shore Railroad
The West Shore Railroad was the final name of a railroad from Weehawken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, north along the west shore of the river to Albany, New York and then west to Buffalo...
in New York and then through the eponymous tunnel.