Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford | movie | 1902 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

An epic tour of the places and people of Edwardian Bradford. | dG1fNmh5aDU4bmdwSXM

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00:00 [ Music ]

00:10 >> Commissioned on April the 10th, 1904, this is one

00:13 of the most vibrant and interesting scenes

00:16 in the Michelin Canyon Street Films,

00:17 showing not only the Phantom Ride, but also staging

00:22 and elements of the film being suggested by the actions

00:27 of the Michelin Canyon cameraman

00:28 in association with New Century Pictures as they then plant

00:32 and encourage the girls to walk past the tram again in order

00:36 to capture them on screen.

00:37 [ Music ]

00:45 They take us into the heart of the Edwardian city of Bradford

00:48 and show us elements of consumer society, in this case,

00:51 three smartly dressed young girls walking down the road

00:55 and then the operators of New Century Pictures

00:58 and Michelin Canyon films parallel walking alongside the

01:01 tram tracks and encouraging local people to respond

01:05 to the camera on the side of the tram.

01:06 The film was commissioned by Sidney Carter and shown

01:12 at the St. George's Hall in Bradford as part

01:14 of a two-hour performance.

01:16 [ Music ]

01:22 It was advertised as local pictures of busy Bradford.

01:25 [ Music ]

01:34 It illustrates the tram journey

01:36 from Manningham Lane to Lister Park.

01:38 [ Music ]

01:45 It shows the highly skilled level of showmanship

01:49 and actually is a rare example of both a phantom ride

01:53 and an industrial city center scene.

01:56 [ Music ]

02:10 Michelin Canyon were probably of the opinion

02:12 that a phantom ride in itself was not just a good enough

02:16 attraction of a local film.

02:17 However, then they incorporated elements of the audience

02:21 by actually having them appear alongside the tram.

02:23 [ Music ]