taken in 1902,
they are photographs taken from the 'The Flying Train', a
journey aboard a suspended railcar that goes through Wuppertal in Germany, the city is known still today for its schwebebahn, which is a
style of hanging railway that’s unique to Germany, as it happens my mother, who was German, often commented that she could not understand why this system of overhead transport was not used in England,
in the
two-minute video these stills were taken from, riders see Wuppertal residents walking across pedestrian
bridges and down dirt roadways more than a century ago, the images are super crisp, as there were taken from the video below,
the MoMA recently
pulled the black-and-white footage from its vault and said that curators originally
believed it was shot with 70-millimeter film rather than 68. “Formats like
Biograph’s 68mm and Fox’s 70mm Grandeur are of particular interest to
researchers visiting the Film Study Center because the large image area affords
stunning visual clarity and quality, especially compared to the more standard
35mm or 16mm stock,” a statement notes,
Denis
Shiryaev, who also restored this historic film from 1896, produced an updated
4K version that slows down the footage and adds color, what amazing footage, and what a treat that some one so long ago decided to make this recording of everyday life in Wuppertal.
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