Mt Tamalpais Railway: 1898

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Three segments of a movie-making tour of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, made by Thomas Edison (or his employees), apparently in the Spring of 1898. Originals are on paper in the Library of Congress

First Segment: about 54 seconds

• .mpg format - 8 MB

• .mov format - 3 MB (requires free QuickTime viewer)

• RealVideo format - streaming video only, not downloadable

Second Segment: about 40 seconds

• .mpg format - 5 MB

• .mov format - 2 MB (requires free QuickTime viewer)

• RealVideo format - streaming video only, not downloadable

Third Segment: about 2 minutes

• .mpg format - 17 MB

• .mov format - 6 MB (requires free QuickTime viewer)

• RealVideo format - streaming video only, not downloadable

If anyone can shed some light on exactly what we're looking at in each clip, it would sure be appreciated!  marnells@snowcrest.net