Die Schwebebahn

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A short 68mm film (recently published by MoMA) from 1902 featuring the town of Wuppertal in north west Germany which – while the rest of the western world was busy investing in trams – went for the more complex but infinitely cooler  Suspension Railway option.

This footage of the town as seen from its train – 12 m above the ground –  is uniquely drone-like in scope, unlike the stationary camera angles favoured at the time.

The Schwebebahn is still in use today, carrying 25 million people a year along its 13km track. 

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