Watch The Arlberg Railway (1906) Online

In 1906, the Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Bludenz, is the only east-west mountain railway in Austria. This 340-second "ghost railroad ride" shows the view from the back of a train, though I'm not sure if it's heading east or west. This kind of film, in vogue at the time, is an intermediate form of short reality, which often showed a train engaging in a bend, and a feature documentary. Its editing is live, linear and temporal, and the cuts are very apparent. Indeed, the choices of where to place the cuts seem to have avoided the less populated stretches. There are plenty of buildings to see, even when the train is not at the station. Read More

Watch The Arlberg Railway online. Featuring , The Arlberg Railway is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 10. It is available for streaming online in the UK on 1 services such as BFI Player. The movie was filmed in United Kingdom and was released on 1906. The Arlberg Railway was directed by Frank Ormiston-Smith. Read Less