The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
About The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
A camera fixed to the rear of a four-car passenger train rides the Georgetown Loop, above a silver-mining town at 8,500 feet. On the curves the lens looks ahead at the engine and the cars. Passengers wave white handkerchiefs from the left-side windows. The track sits over the town, so the view drops onto rows of roofs.
Cast & crew
More about The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
The catalog credits Billy Bitzer and dates the shooting to 1901, with an American Mutoscope and Biograph copyright in 1903. Wikidata times the film at 3 minutes. The catalog text is the description of that rear-facing run.
Themes
Look
Billy Bitzer is the catalog credit for the camera hung on the back of the train.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Georgetown sits near the crest of the Rockies.
- The handkerchiefs are waved for the camera, not as part of a staged story.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Scenes
- On a curve the rear camera sees the engine ahead while handkerchiefs flutter from the left windows.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-georgetown-loop-colorado)
