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@mariofanalex4455

5 ай бұрын

You just earned a sub

@user-cm7ii9ej5u

5 ай бұрын

Why were there no talking

@lindaloe

29 күн бұрын

Because There Were No Talkies In 1903!!

@hanzfranz7739

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for the nice quality! I was really suprised when i got started with pre 1930 movies that they are quiet modern in terms of violence, nudity and cinematagrophy.

The fact that we get the privilege to watch this 117 years later is astonishing

@sameeknowsitall

3 жыл бұрын

ikr

@roecatgaming

3 жыл бұрын

118 now, 4 more years until we pass the oldest person confirmed

@musicaltheatergeek79

2 жыл бұрын

Especially since so many silent films of the 1910s and 1920s have been lost to history.

@loriflynn78

2 жыл бұрын

Oh to be able to travel back in time......

@dplatt7290

2 жыл бұрын

sad thing is there are so many movies from that time which are lost forever

Only the 1900s kids will remember.

@MTHRebirth

4 жыл бұрын

In 1982 we had a little better quality though

@randypicard1674

4 жыл бұрын

Raid VerVe r/wooosh

@alvexok5523

3 жыл бұрын

@@MTHRebirth boulderdash. I remember some fine and dandy picture quality when watching this in the theater in 1903, you young whippersnapper.

@MTHRebirth

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvexok5523 lol😂

@glorylord8940

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is 1930s

WHO'S WATCHING THIS 116 YEARS LATER?

@wiro500

4 жыл бұрын

Me

@wastool

4 жыл бұрын

You did, apparently.

@nono8867

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking me man

@andersbengtson9644

4 жыл бұрын

I am. This is film history - without the pioneers there would be no movies.

@Sean-yd5lr

4 жыл бұрын

@Arian Cruz Ponce lol i remember getting that when I was a teenager before our house had internet. Was a useful resource before having imdb, internet lists, aggregate review scores etc. to guide me, definitely read it cover to cover a few times.

Fun fact, the classical piece played at 0:35, titled “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” was only around 25 years old at release of this film.

@tellahsage6477

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit... this really helps put in perspective just how long of a time ago this was made

@luiginastro8831

3 жыл бұрын

God, it's so weird to think about.

@emilal

2 жыл бұрын

Certified hood classic

@ancalites

2 жыл бұрын

lol for them it was like listening to the Spice Girls or something

@leesweets4110

2 жыл бұрын

I hear no one wanted to watch this moving picture show on account of the pop music.

I bet audiences back in the day lost their shit during the final scene

@hakdok649

2 жыл бұрын

In this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmekyqqMeMK2aMY.html they actually did!

@philcassidy3823

Жыл бұрын

@@hakdok649 your link looks funny to me, it says youtu instead of youtube

@youknowit8713

2 ай бұрын

@@philcassidy3823click it no balls

THERE’S ALWAYS A GODDAMN TRAIN

@hisnameisjohn4602

4 жыл бұрын

HAVE SOME FAITH ARTHUR!

@woodypearce2411

4 жыл бұрын

I HAVE A GODDAMN PLAN

@MLP88

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash would agree.

@carealoo744

3 жыл бұрын

200th like

@KGF-zf2qj

3 жыл бұрын

Good performance Arthur

What blows my mind is that this is a "western movie" that came out while the wild west was still a thing

@christophervarszegi2599

3 жыл бұрын

Baul from Yellow Submarine-Gun?

@ViktorVonfuling

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's Paul from Yellow Submarine

@thethrillofpattaya8404

3 жыл бұрын

***that means it's just a movie***

@benitojuarez5190

2 жыл бұрын

@@thethrillofpattaya8404 not really, if a war film is made during the war, is it a war movie still or “just a movie”?

@MagnumLoadedTractor

2 жыл бұрын

I think some used former out laws as stunt men/actors is Interesting

100 years ago this made with a limited amount of film and was physically edited in a room. 100 years later it is immortalized on the internet where it is at its most accessible. Fascinating...

who has been waiting 116 years for the great train robbery (part II)? I think you're definitely in heaven right now may God bless your soul Rip

@BurakCanKaplan

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@7superdaimajin

3 жыл бұрын

The second Great Train Robbery was in 1978. smile.amazon.com/Great-Train-Robbery-Sean-Connery/dp/B00LC4PDIC/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606005659&sr=8-2

@Brian-xu9di

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it stars Clint Eastwood !!

@aaronstark5060

2 жыл бұрын

You jest, but the way it’s been lately, I would not at all be surprised to read tomorrow that a reboot/sequel to this was being talked about. Nothing can just be left alone anymore.

@gunterangel

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronstark5060 😄👍

Apparently the last shot was considered really scary and may have inspired the James Bond gunbarrell And was also probably the first ever fourth-wall break in film

@rayman17578

4 жыл бұрын

It had to of I just watched all 24 its similar

@bukowski20

4 жыл бұрын

That last shot caused panic in audiences at the time. There wasn't a dry seat in the house.

@rhysperegrine5100

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely inspired the last shot in Goodfellas - of Joe Pesci shooting at the audience

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

With 100,000's of extras !!!!!!.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Untied by red riding Hood.

WHOS WATCHING THIS BANGER 120 YEARS LATER!?

2:06 give this man an oscar

@stephenholloway6893

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't have Oscars in 1903. 1929 was when the the first Oscar ceremony took place.

@unliving_ball_of_gas

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenholloway6893 unfortunate, that was the *best act I've ever seen!*

@Milestonemonger

Жыл бұрын

"Give this man an Oscar" 😂🤣😅🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😅

@eliassettbassett643

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenholloway6893 we know

@deletdis6173

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenholloway6893 Nothing gets past you, huh?

Just think that this mini movie was made before the event of the titanic and the 1st and 2nd world war. How cool is that?

@oldfilmsandstuff4679

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's actually contemporary with the old west! Train robberies like this were very much still a thing in 1904.

@rocky_adventure_bay7562

5 жыл бұрын

Ollies Channel your ancestors

@MegaQuahog

4 жыл бұрын

Before the great depression, the roaring 20s, the noir era, hell the wild west/new frontier was still going on during this time.

@sillyfurry6142

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

@varthikes53

3 жыл бұрын

And the United States only had 45 states instead of 50.

Crazy to think this was actually made in the western era. So it's a movie based in current times when it was filmed.

@calebhu6383

2 жыл бұрын

That's like a lot of movies though?

@Streetw1s3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebhu6383 I mean Western movies today are based in the past obviously and they feel distant, but in this movie it's the present because it was actually made in that era, they're not trying to capture a long gone era because IT IS that era. Outlaws and gunslingers were a real thing when this was made.

@calebhu6383

2 жыл бұрын

@@Streetw1s3r No, I mean there are plenty of movies based on current events and recent happenings. That's what a lot of movies are.

@PaTRpU99

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebhu6383 but we consider the old west to be so long ago and this movie was made at the time it still existed, that’s the point

@calebhu6383

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaTRpU99 Doesn't seem that crazy to me. Movies have always been drawn off of events of their time, there were tons of WW2 movies made during WW2, there were movies about the Cold War during the Cold War.

10:26 That "breaking the fourth wall" scene last scene with the man aiming and firing his pistol has been homaged in everything ranging from The final closing shot of Joe Peschi in Martin Scorsese's movie Goodfellas to Alan Moore's comic book series about the history of movies and film Cinema Purgatorio.

@emilal

2 жыл бұрын

peschi

@Lucius1958

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilal Pesci

@insertclevername4123

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lucius1958 Peshy

@tommasoguarducci4619

Жыл бұрын

Peschi

@madhash83

2 ай бұрын

Pepsi

It's crazy to think when this made, Butch Cassidey and the Sundance kid were still out there. Wyatt Earp was still alive. And Billy the kid and Jesse James died just 20 years earlier.

@orbison

11 ай бұрын

And people were still alive to remember the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination!

@KororaPenguin

9 ай бұрын

@@orbison Apparently there was a show in the 50's that actually interviewed a witness to Lincoln's murder.

@orbison

9 ай бұрын

@KororaPenguin Yeah, I've Got A Secret. The man was Samuel J Seymour and he was the last survivng witness to that event. It's one of my favorite game show clips.

2:06- he gets shot, stands up, does a twist, *then* falls dead. 🤣

@emilal

2 жыл бұрын

that’s just how people died in 1903

@emilal

2 жыл бұрын

@@betterversionn Touché

@rami.alrajab

2 жыл бұрын

Best death ever 😂

@ealing456

2 жыл бұрын

A very noble NPC death indeed.

@frankuraku5622

2 жыл бұрын

Spaghetti westerns did it better.

It’s been 120 years daddy, I really really miss you 🥺

Fascinating that over a century later, anyone can watch this film and fully understand the plot and story line without any loss of context.

@huh968

10 ай бұрын

i don't see how that's fascinating. crime still exists, trains still exist... and that's about it for context. and the linear narrative is still the most common way to tell a story

@KingTaterBugg

4 ай бұрын

​@@huh968 I think that what he means is how this film didn't have the cards with text and told its story though the use of acting and not by words or text

120 years young this year. A film with a lot of character and charm.

@KororaPenguin

9 ай бұрын

And as groundbreaking in its day as Peter Jackson's _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy would be a hundred years later.

Fun fact: there's only one person still alive today from the year this short was made. Kane Tanaka, still kicking at 118. Edit: Welp, RIP Kane.

@JMartinez351

2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say the same thing brother

@JMartinez351

2 жыл бұрын

Still alive 😊

@rwooooshmeifyourgay8621

2 жыл бұрын

She’s 119 now

@juaricolas

2 жыл бұрын

its still alive my dude tanaka?

@marina2387

2 жыл бұрын

She died

the fact it's almost 120 years since this and we can still watch is amazing

I wish modern movies were as entertaining as this. This is just a Red Dead mission

5:26 it’s nice to see people rushed to help the man after the robbers left

@bjorn2535

9 ай бұрын

Pretty big change in culture-- im sure any film like this nowadays would of either cut as soon as the robbers left and immediately went back to them or would of shown all the passengers running in random directions while completely ignoring the guy who got shot.

@DK-fd3fi

8 ай бұрын

Some people today will just take their phones out to record him 😢

@tedsaunders6249

7 ай бұрын

10:10 Passengers were concerned by not the posse. They never went back to check on the dude shot by the last "bad guy" after falling to his knees. Back then, just like today, they were all focused on recovering the money and jewelry. "Whose got dibs on the Rolex?" Turns out, no one as Hans Wilsdorf didn't invent them until 1905 (thx Wiki).

I was there in the movie theatre it was crazy good ol’ days

@henryreyes9798

3 жыл бұрын

That’s such a lie! this came out 117 years ago you idiot, stop friking lying this was the first movie ever made and you are dumb internet kid

@liambeerens2148

3 жыл бұрын

@@henryreyes9798 yo its just a joke lmao

@deegeeare1150

3 жыл бұрын

@@henryreyes9798 it's not the first motion picture, but I can see why you would think it is

1:29 The first ever camera pan in the history of cinema.

@lukebailey1659

4 жыл бұрын

zepps88 I’m afraid that honor belongs to Edison’s film Fifth Avenue, New York from six years before this!

@lilper3134

3 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD

@thethrillofpattaya8404

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukebailey1659 ***wow***why be afraid Luke?***

This was when The Wild West hasn't even ended

@artuszara2684

3 жыл бұрын

This was just a normal heist film

@overpricedhealthcare

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, making a movie being set in the wild west in 1900s/1910s would be like making a movie set in the 1990s in the 202X

@elias7748

2 жыл бұрын

@@overpricedhealthcare I mean I'm sure that movie was set in their time, in the early 1900s.

@overpricedhealthcare

2 жыл бұрын

@@elias7748 that's kinda what i said

@KororaPenguin

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was a straight-up crime drama.

This is why I am grateful for KZread

Damn I did not expect this to be this good. Genuinely thrilling to watch 118 years later.

3:09 damn he is strong

@yolotzinime

2 жыл бұрын

Yea xD

@user-nj7xy9hs3e

2 жыл бұрын

HELP SIDIEO

Imagine the reaction of people back then for the fourth wall break at the end. The magic of movies, indeed.

In the last scene, those in the cinema were really scared.

How beautifully they shown those outside activities (running train) by the windows and doors. Just mesmerizing ❤️

When the outlaw shots at the screen at the end was what inspired Tommy shoting at the screen in the ending of goodfellas.

WHO'S WATCHIGN THIS 117 YEARS LATER?

@davidwesley2525

3 жыл бұрын

I am👍

The special effects are phenomenal

The fact that I’m watching this on my phone would blow the minds of everyone involved in this

This is still good 119 years later.

Martin Scorsese was inspired by the gun shot and the end for goodfellas and that's why Tommy shoots the gun

a wild west movie made *during* the wild west, the world is indeed full of wonders

@elias7748

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr. Awesome

The shot at 1:45 is breathtaking for its time. Also, the scene at 2:41.

@gregrumpff5392

4 жыл бұрын

The 1:45 shot appears as though the train is traveling at full speed but in the 2:41 shot, the train is clearly moving more slowly. I'm guessing we're to infer that the conductor heard the gunshots and is bringing the train to a halt as a result?

@luiginastro8831

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@Johnnysmithy24

2 жыл бұрын

Better cinematography than some modern movies lol

@UnchainedEruption

Жыл бұрын

They actually are really good shots, yeah

“In every respect we consider it absolutely the superior of any moving picture ever made.” Edison Company Catalog, 1904

Really impressive for 1903

As mentioned in other comments, it's great that we can watch this 120 years later. But (if civilization lasts) just imagine how people in the far future would feel, say 500 years from now or even 2,000 years from now being able to watch movies from 'ancient times'.

It's an awesome movie for 1903! With a great plot and a piece of terrific music! Thank you for uploading it!

According to articles I've read online in Post magazine, the accompaniment of piano or organ didn't become popular until the teens. And as these early silent movies were often shown in Vaudeville houses, they would have sound effects in order to add as much realism as possible. The Great Train Robbery is considered the first "blockbuster." The article states it should not be viewed so much for its innovation, but rather its promulgation of the media type.

The bandit without a mustache at 3:35, the passenger that runs and gets shot at 4:45, and the fancy dancer in the derby hat at 8:13 are all played by the same actor, Broncho Billy Anderson. In 1958, he received an Honorary Academy Award as a "motion picture pioneer" for his "contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment."

"Why, all you had to do was follow darn locomotive, CJ"

I find it cool that this wasn't a historical movie about the past when it came out. It was about events that happened during those times, and not some historical cowboy outlaw film.

"in the halls of the mountain king" love the music choice

6:10 is shot on the old Lackawanna Railroad in Totowa, NJ. It is now part of I-80. You can see the Passaic River below when the robbers are running down the hill.

Thanks for posting this. This cut has a few more seconds than my DVD has, where the train office clerk wakes up and tries to use the telegraph, mine just cuts from the forest shot of the bandits, to the clerk unconscious and the girl comes through the door. This print was also struck from a hand tinted prints, Great film overall, thanks again for posting.

@oldfilmsandstuff4679

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I've been meaning to combine this print with one that still has the colour tints although it's a little complex given how different the other versions are in terms of length and frame-rate.

The first action film It's been a long time and it still has that sweet simple yet classic kick to it

The Great Train Robbery (1903), de Edwin S. Porter, é considerado como “o primeiro filme realmente cinematográfico pela fluidez e coerência da narrativa” (CANELAS). E foi esse diferencial contido em tal obra (o da narrativa sendo fortalecida através da justaposição de planos) um dos fatores responsáveis por levar o cinema a ocupar a posição que detém hoje, de “arte de contar uma estória através de imagens dispostas em uma sucessão de cenas precisamente organizadas."

@J0hnTF2

2 жыл бұрын

Viajem a lua}}}

This movie has been so famous but I didn't have chance to see. Thank you for uploading.

The Great Train Robbery, I read about this while typing a paper for my Communications class and after watching the movie, it’s beyond interesting. Now, I rewatched it for my Film 1895 to 1945 class and it’s a good look into how film was first made, especially with it also using cuts and different angles.

Better quality than CCTV footage of robbery's

Only 1900's kids will remember 🔥🔥

This is the last week in February 2024 - 121 years later. If you had this very same opportunity then in 1903, - you'd be watching a moving-picture from 1782 !

This is a film that really makes you smile

00:19 and again at 00:40 Slight plothole. Passengers in arriving train could see the robbers through the window and should have alerted railroad employees in particular the "bulls" railroads hired to deal with just this type of thing. 00:30 Tickettaker is pistol whipped 1:45 Train at least appears to be moving at full speed based on the scenery through the open sidecar. 2:33 Pyrotechnic effect (robber explodes the safe) 2:41 Train slowing down as robbers advance toward the engine 2:51 Boiler stoker comes out armed with his shovel to fight a losing battle with the crooks. Between 3:00 and 3:03 they switch out the actor playing the stoker with a pretty obvious prop dummy which is hurled off the train at 3:09 3:55 I have no way to verify this but another commenter indicated this was atypical in most train robberies at the time: The robbers would simply have the seated passengers surrender their valuables instead of going to the trouble of making them get out of the locomotive first. Presumably, Edwin Porter did this to have a reason to include the shooting of a fleeing passenger at 4:48 That actor is a more convincing corpse than the mail clerk (who I assume we are to believe died, if not by gunfire then by shrapnel from the safe explosion) 5:36 Loading the ill-gotten gain into the engine 6:10 The getaway! 7:03 Meanwhile, back at the ticket office the ticket taker attempts to send an S. O.S. 7:52 Square dance time 8:12 "Here's how a REAL man does it..." 8:48 Sounding the alarm 9:42 Final showdown 10:26 Breaking the "fourth wall"

@tasmiyarajput8315

3 жыл бұрын

Good one 👌

@arianam3720

3 жыл бұрын

What is the "fourth wall"?

@gregrumpff5392

3 жыл бұрын

@@arianam3720 It's when actors acknowledge the presence of the camera by reacting to it directly. An example would be any time that "Jim" on the U.S. version of The Office reacted to one of Dwight's crazier pronouncements by turning to the camera and raising an eyebrow.

@heisen-bones

3 жыл бұрын

look at discount CinemaSins here

@mallagallabumbum8209

3 жыл бұрын

Breaking the fourth wall is not an error/movie sin. It's an artistic device. Also: don't judge dancing people.

I smell O’driscolls...

@StermaPerma

3 жыл бұрын

darn lumbago

Can't wait for the second one.

Samuel L. Jackson was also in this. Reportedly the a working was, "Snakes on a Train". Jackson's most famous line in this film is " ".

@Siraj75

3 жыл бұрын

Actually his line was 'I'll be real good from now on Mr Cates!' but the scene was deleted.

This actually looks good

One more score, Arthur! ONE. MORE. SCORE!

David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Widely considered as the most important filmmaker of his generation, he pioneered financing of the feature-length movie. His film The Birth of a Nation (1915) made investors a profit, but also attracted much controversy, as it depicted African Americans in a negative light and glorified the Ku Klux Klan. Together with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks he founded United Artists, enabling them to control their own interests, rather than depending on commercial studios.

It's crazy that this was filmed 120 years ago

Better than today's marvel movies

My favourite silent film ever . salute sir edison

Some dude sat in the theater in 1903 and was like: YOOOOOOOOOO!

Nice content!

The only wild west train robbery that went smooth... ever.

Fue la primera peli con sonido! Increíble!

The moment when your realise that none of them is alive today.

@oldfilmsandstuff4679

4 жыл бұрын

True, even the child would be about 120 years old

@mariag2563

3 жыл бұрын

They've all been dead for 50+ years.

@Siraj75

3 жыл бұрын

What!!! You mean they're all dead???

@lilper3134

3 жыл бұрын

Sad...

@tomatomelvin

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldfilmsandstuff4679 interestingly the oldest living person as of now was born in this same year (1903)

From this to Clint Eastwood's masterpiece: Unforgiven. The Western genre will always be my absolute favorite 🐎

The silence, static camera and long scenes reminds me of Liveleak videos.

It was like...playing my beloved RDR1 Great movie! Beginner of everything

It's crazy that this was made eight years before the setting of Red Dead 1

Most favorite movie from my childhood !

This was the first movie screened in Albania in 1908.

I've watched and reviewed this incredibly old movie. Thanks for the upload. More people should see silent films!

I remember when this came out. So much fun

They showed clips from this in the beginning of "Tombstone."

@Naminski1a

2 жыл бұрын

With opening narration by Robert Mitchum. It's from Hollywood Pictures.

I am so lucky to be able to watch this in the year 2629.

Had me laughing. Thanks for uploading!

Makes you wonder of how many films are actually lost and forgotten for ever

Somewhere in USA, John Marston probably went to see this movie after a hard day work at the farm.

@aaronstark5060

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I honestly had that thought too.

@blakeallen8224

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that to 😁

This is a cowboy film when the wild west was still going

@dguy0386

3 жыл бұрын

that's probably the only reason this isn't considered the first western, it wasn't set in the time period on purpose, they just happened to make a movie during the last decade or so of the actual west!

@OfMiceAndMegabytes

3 жыл бұрын

Yep once the phone lines went up the west was never the same.

@renex_g3915

3 жыл бұрын

@A Fridge Too Far really no, the wild west ended oficially in 1910-1912 when a there was no clear frontier in the continental US, also, when the last territories in the west acquired statehood

@overpricedhealthcare

3 жыл бұрын

@@renex_g3915 i would say the wild west actually ended by the time riding horses stopped being a thing and women stopped wearing those fancy royalty-like dresses, around 1918ish

@MagnumLoadedTractor

2 жыл бұрын

There were also stunts done on festivals or something by criminals...outlaws that's the right word

Still waiting for the sequel

Surprisingly engaging 120 years later, and surprisingly violent!

En sintesis la pelicula trata de un robo organizado del siglo 19 demostrando el modo operandi de los malechores, igualmente aparce la inigualable sensibilidad del ser humano al ser apuntado con un arma, imaginar que esta pelicula es la iniciante en el genero de la pantalla verde, cuyo uso en la actualidad es usado en cada programa del mundo, en películas que te sorprenden con cada maravilla de sus aventuras. Es un honor poder ver este video, lamentable que no muchas personas no aprecien este arte.....

The end shot is crazy lol

The pleasure of mime film.Great film,I appreciate it.

The wide shot for the shootout still looks good

This has the very first stuntman ever. The guy who falls off the horse at 9:14.

Thanks I enjoyed it

Seeing this 120 years later is crazy for me

A cinematic marvel of its time