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Close shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratcheting, signals changing.
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"This short film was part of a display of similar pieces in MoMA when I was there recently and at first glance it seems like an odd film for an art gallery because it is essentially about the operation of a bridge in Rotterdam which carries a train track but can lift the entire bridge section to the top of the structure when a ship needs to pass and then lower it again for a train to cross. The film shows us this with a rather dramatic tone as we see vessels coming and then a train crossing. The camera follows the operation from men pulling levers to the full hydraulic operation of the bridge t..."
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The bridge is in Rotterdam, and is still there. It was given the status of monument after this Joris Ivens film became a success.
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Close shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratcheting, signals changing.