The Great Train Robbery
Thomas Edison1903
Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Washington, DC, United States
"The Great Train Robbery," is the first narrative film. Directed in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter, who had worked as a cameraman for Thomas Edison. The 11-minute long silent film was shot in and near Edison's New Jersey studio. The storyline was inspired by several genuine robberies of mail trains in the American West.
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- Title: The Great Train Robbery
- Creator: Thomas Edison and Edwin S. Porter
- Date Created: 1903
- Subject Keywords: Great Train Robbery
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