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3rd Ave. El

3rd Ave. El

6.4/ 10

TMDB Rating

7

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1955

Release Year

10 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Keywords

train
railroad
light rail
short film

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7.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 15, 2026

7
7/10

I’m not sure Haydn’s Harpsichord Concerto (in D major) gets too many cinematic outings, but it works really quite well here as we spend a day in the life of New York’s Third Avenue elevated railway. We follow three passengers during the day: a young lad, a man who’s had a bit too much of the sauce a

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