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Railway on the Ice Sea

Railway on the Ice Sea

1910Short
DocumentaryShort

Superb Alpine scenery in the vicinity of Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in Switzerland. The views are taken from the mountain railroad, the motion picture camera being on the train itself, so that all the most picturesque scene...

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Release Date
January 15, 1910
Language
None
Country
France
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

🏷️ Keywords

year 19101910s20th century

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⭐ Featured Review

The reproduction was well done
by deickemeyer2015-02-20

"A marvelously beautiful reproduction of Alpine scenery. The original negative was made from the train on the way up Mont Blanc, thus reproducing accurate and wonderfully beautiful views of the scenery in the mountains. The film ends with the wonderful "Sea of Ice," and so well did the operator do his work that it actually creates the impression of immensity. Not all operators understand this feature of their work, but in this instance the interpretation is sufficiently sympathetic to convey to the one who sees the film something of the actual quality of the original. The reproduction..."

💡 Did You Know?

Original French title is undetermined.

📖 Synopsis

Superb Alpine scenery in the vicinity of Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in Switzerland. The views are taken from the mountain railroad, the motion picture camera being on the train itself, so that all the most picturesque scene...