The Great Train Robbery

[1Minute2Pluto]

hah wow the 1st movie amazing

[IArteaga45]

I always wonder what it would feel like if I could go back in time and be there while they were filming...

[getclutch72]

Hugo brought me here.

[redxpen]

im 23 and i can't get enough of these kinds of films. its like the purest form of a history lesson, it might not be an accurate interpretation of what was happening, but the clothes are clothes, not costumes. the roads are just dirt trails through woods, and you can get an idea of what their thoughts were like by the material they chose to shoot. love it.

[21rasko]

All little girls should carry around sissors for situations such as these

[derperdan]

Did the horses die?

[philipmarie1854]

Still better than Twilight but man, the acting is pretty bad.

[depelated]

@philipmarie1854

True...Twilight acting is terrible.

[Firithfenion]

That little movie is not bad at all! Quite amazing for such an early movie.

[electricpaperfilms1]

Still better than Twilight

[LSBband]

Someone knows what's the full consist of this lovely train?

[thisguy45ful]

honestly this is way better than the movies they have today

[Hteam1422]

the music seems so happy for what's going on

[OonaCanute]

@Hteam1422 Haha that's exactly what I was thinking. It was so cheerful!

[footballman1000]

A badass ending!

[geniusebastian]

Tecnology is so beatiful,it brings us the oportunity of see such an amazing history 

[MegaIkedog]

Red Dead Redemption! :)

[gunnery18]

It prefer this than the new Twilight...

[90sambabam2]

@gunnery18 who doesnt..

[LegoMovieMan44]

Ever heard of Classics you new kids?

[TheDjfishy]

When on DVD?

[TheEndOfMac2009]

@TheDjfishy i dont think its worth a dvd for 9 minutes of a movie

[olcarfreek]

I never comment, but that was a genuine treat. Thankyou.

[nickkarlrocks]

love how the guy who got shot can't put his arm down. apparently there weren't no gravity back in the day. :/

[NobodyAtHomeRightNow]

the first action movie ever made XD

[MrCaparo]

it´s already available in DVD



[Jonesman08]

If only the ads were silent....

[TheStealthX]

SUCK ON THAT, 'Cowboys VS Aliens'!!!

[jopakas]

I love the scene cut where the train pilot turns into a puppet. :D

[DCnightcrawler]

An amazing view of Old West history when the Old West was still alive and kicking (and shooting). Incredible matte work looks better than some of later decades.

[cobrachoppergirl]

The golden age of film, when you could shit in a film cannister and sell it as gold!  And the rubes would pay to see it!

[threefortea1]

@cobrachoppergirl

If you lack appriciation for this genre, one might be led to believe your taste is a little more modern, where softcore porn and vulgarity and other such SHIT is considered much more artistic aye rube!!

[Raicun27]

Imagine being in a theater back more than 100 years when this was premiering. It would have blown so many of our minds. And the gunslinger at the end wouold have scared the hell out of so many of us.

[mufaruk]

it is like watching the history of evolution of movies.

[firefliforeva]

Is this the oldest movie on youtube?

[wkunzelman1]

@firefliforeva No. Newark Athelete is.

[firefliforeva]

@wkunzelman1 Ok but what about the oldest movie with a plot?

[krankerrrr]

@firefliforeva The oldest movie with a plot is arguablely "The Sprinkler Sprinkled" by the Lumière Brothers.

[firefliforeva]

@krankerrrr Thanks, I just watched it. Are there 2 versions of it?

[CptQuestionMark]

@firefliforeva No, Roundhay Garden Scene of 1888 is much older.

[Leummoht]

long live public domain!!!

[WineK0ne]

The music makes it so much more happier than it's supposed to be, and this movie came out in 1903 Right?

[HuggableSpongebob]

I was bored and typed in Silent AND I DID NOT KNOW such an old movie would pop up!

[DarthScorpio11]

It's weird that this came out over 100 years ago, and everyone in this movie were probably already dead by the time i was born O.O

[cludRobot]

awesome

[RobertMProductions]

This is probably one of the most important films in history. It was one of the first narrative films, one of the first films to use special effects and the scene at 9:16 is one of the greatest scenes in cinema. People watching actually believed they were going to be shot by the gunman. Edwin Porter literally invented the movie.

[SkateboardP63]

wish i could go back in time for the first few screenings of the last scene with barnes shooting at the audience. i am sure there were quite a few riots :D

[BlowinDemTrees420k]

i may be ghetto and hood, but diz shit da biz,!

white people translation (i may be from a very unfortunate, poor dangerous background, but this movie is realy nice and i like it)

[lifewithallie]

Since when does a little girl carry a knife?

[BrookParkour]

@lifewithallie Dude, it's 100 years ago, things were different.

[dorothytinman]

@lifewithallie LOL I noticed that too :)

[Furryka]

i know its old and such. but few things made me laugh my butt off :3 ahh classic

[Keyser201]

Scorsese seems to have been referencing that end shot at the ending of Goodfellas, with Joe Pesci shooting into the camera.

[pavelow235]

Now imagine watching this in a dark room in 1903, would have been a damn interesting era to visit.

[ahmadWR200M]

I wonder if there were any Jack Thompsons back then saying that "this film's too violent for the public mass and needs to be censored for their own good."

[CHAOSin8bits]

9:15 I Ducked it was so real

[CHAOSin8bits]

FIRST WESTERN! THANK YOU, EDWIN PORTER!

[FunkySmurfy]

Is this meant to be the first action or comedy? Because I'm laughing my ass off.

[TiminPhoenix]

@FunkySmurfy Wow, you are special. I mean it only took a 100 plus years for society to produce you and your ability to laugh at what was a great accomplishment at the time. Wow, you ARE SO MUCH SMARTER than they are. They only originated the medium while you got to set on your unemployed ass watching cable and getting your superior genius that way.

[IAmTheEvilMonkey]

Was the little girl near the end packing a blade in her lunch pail? She pulled something out to cut that dude free. Red Riding Hood wasn't playing around this time.

[Pzeidenberg1]

Great film. a bit odd with no sound,  but intresting

[Pzeidenberg1]

Wow. I love westerns and this is the first one. odd watching a scilent fil but still

[Andy93725]

I really hope they'll release this film on blu-ray with trailers, making-of videos, bloopers etc. I would even buy a Collectors edition with Justus D. Barnes action figure.

[Rangers75th7]

GREAT western film, and I`m not joking :-)

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

100+ years old and yet my computer is still having trouble loading it faster than it plays.

[usstropicana]

Ok... The little girl has a knife. The passengers have no knives. D'uh ! If passengers had knives, bandits might kill 3 or 4 passengers but would be killed, butchered by other passengers. Now, terrorists in a plane + passengers with icepicks = no terrorists alive + no TSA. Perpetual victims you are ? D'uh !

[spideymikey6]

Omfg this movie has fucking good cgi i really felt like i was there :0

[GoPlayWii]

Watched this in class today. :)

[DrSwirl]

1 person thought the thumbs down button was a thumbs up.

[iwasherebeforeyou]

Crime doesn't pay...

[Slikhedgehog]

I laughed at the dance the fellow does at 7:13 , wish I could do that! It just makes no sense that he runs in, dances, then runs out.

[jamiesm1]

3:29 put your hands up if your gay lol

[jamiesm1]

WTF is up at 1:50

[jamiesm1]

WTF AT 1:16 people come out of nowere

[Evilmike42]

This film was referenced in the movie Tombstone and also in Goodfellas.

[sonicgold25]

1:50 Most Realistic Death scene EVAR!

[uchihakamille]

I couldn't stop laughing at 2:43 haha! the robbery was really great!

[themegagamesgamer]

This was not as good as A Trip to the moon but its still worth 9 minutes!

[WhereDoGangstersgo]

i like him cool death at 1:50

[Lunarvx22]

The ending where the guy shoots at the viewer, that would have scared the hell out of people in 1903 I bet.

[perdycool90]

@Lunarvx22 it did people actualy ran out of the theaotors screaming

[xEvilEyeProductions]

watch this in 1080p so realistic its amazing :)

[a07002]

The movie was directed and photographed by Edwin S. Porter, a former Edison Studios cameraman. Actors in the movie included Alfred C. Abadie, Broncho Billy Anderson and Justus D. Barnes, although there were no credits. Though a Western, it was filmed in Milltown, New Jersey.

[WolvesAreMyOurSouls]

Although I am only 13,I love these old movies even if they have no sound and are in black and white. How can I not love them? :)

[manoffaith3112]

This is so cool. I'd seen parts of this movie about an ex-convicted train robber in the movie The Grey Fox. Terrific movie with a terrific actor who was originally a stunt man for the movies. I'd recommend The Grey Fox, and thank you for putting this on. I'd always wanted to see all of it after seeing only parts on TGF movie.

[IlersichProductions]

When does it come out on blu-ray?

[Eihoofd2]

Classic good-guys bad-guys movie, in which, of course, the good guys win =]

[MusicBySav]

thank you so much for uploading this; epic =]

[osuwarudo15]

Thanks for uploading!

[AvellinoRH]

Now i can make this kind of movies with my Nokia n97 mini with colors 5MP XD

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Thank you so much for uploading all these videos!

[ggo666]

linda trilha ahahahahahhaa

[infinitehumanstupid]

That's over a hundred years ago =D

[iameuan]

999 to go!

[focntt]

Not that "Great" if they were caught and killed then.....

[UtsniatheMightyOne]

what happened to all the tinting?

[DireSloth]

Thanks so much for uploading this, I need to watch it again so as I can write a paper on it.

[MissDanielle1999]

to be honest i like these movies better than the ones now

[TheFilmslinger]

It's a shame this film has under 2,000 views, it deserves much more. Ironic since every YouTuber and filmmaker owes the close-up, cross dissolving, and the western genre to Edwin Porter.

[TallmanMike]

@TheFilmslinger Don't forget matte layering, the forerunner to modern chroma-keying (green screen)

Yeah, I might be writing a paper on it

[shialover777]

@TheFilmslinger you are so right! it all started with this movie

[cenatif]

@shialover777

[27182818284590452354]

@TheFilmslinger Indeed! Without Porter we would live in a world without close-ups and westerns. Oh wait. Nanos gigantium, why among myriads of those who come before us would we owe anything specifically to one man? Yes, yes, it's an interesting piece for a museum, but frankly it's rather shallow and boring. Saying it's underrated is simply pretentious.

[TheFilmslinger]

@27182818284590452354 Owe was the wrong word to use, appreciate is better. Sorry.

[kissitoxo]

@TheFilmslinger George Meliles did the first dissolve in film with his movie Le Voyage Dans la Luna or trip to the moon in english. However, yes, Porter did add some new stuff to cinema :) and thank God.. it's soo much more interesting now.

[TheFilmslinger]

@kissitoxo Yeah, forgive my ignorance, but I think Porter serves as an example as how others can take innovation and make it their own. These filmmakers invented great concepts we take for granted and don't notice in modern cinema.

[kissitoxo]

@TheFilmslinger oops, I typo'ed.. Gearge Melies* also there aren't any dissolves in this at all, I just rewatched it. The only reason I know about Melies is because I'm currently studying film. It's unfortunate that filmmakers feel like they have to have naked chicks to sell a film now. Beyond that, again... I agree with you, these earlier movies are fascinating in their own ways for working with what they had.

[CrazyMushroomPeople]

Isn't this the first short with a story-line?

[elvagotorres]

@CrazyMushroomPeople i think the first one was "A Trip to the Moon" by Georges Melies.

[CrazyMushroomPeople]

@elvagotorres Hang on, Googling...

The Great Train Robbery: 1903

A Trip to the Moon: 1902

So they were relatively close, but you are right. I was trying to find out. Thx :)

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

@CrazyMushroomPeople The great train robbery was the first film to have dramatic editing, close ups, etc. Trip to the moon doesn't have these features