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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This is amazing. Like 120 year old science fiction. And it’s still there today? Mind blownnnn