[78-L] Was it staged? - 1906 film of a cable car ride

[David Breneman]

--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Andrew Homzy <homzy at vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

> My biggest question, because you weren't clear on the
> point, is - If there is no editing, how were they able to
> load almost 10 minutes of film into one camera in 1906 - a
> special system devised for that shot?

Seven minutes at 16 fps is a little more than 400' of
film.  That's not an awful lot (equivalent of 170' of
16mm).  And some cameras did have external magazines
by the mid-1900s.