The Great Train Robbery 1903

This film is a short western from 1903 which is considered a milestone in film making because of the style of innovative techniques used such as camera movement, composite editing and also shooting on location. The film was one of the first of it's kind to introduce the use of cross cutting which two scenes appear to occur simultaneously but in different locations. Some of the prints of this movie have been hand colored in various scenes.

A group of bandits hold up a train only to find a posse hot on their heels.


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