The Great Train Robbery 1904

The Great Train Robbery is an American Western film by Edwin S. Porter and is considered a milestone in filmmaking, and is only 12 minutes long.

• The film used a number of innovative techniques including cross cutting, double exposure, composite editing, camera movements, and on location shooting.
• The film was originally distributed with a note saying that the famous shot of the bandit firing his gun at the camera could be placed either at the beginning or the end of the film, or both. (Most modern prints but it at the end)
• Edison also made a parody of The Great Train Robbery (The Little Train Robbery) (1905) with an all-child cast in which a larger gang of bandits holds up a mini train and steals their dolls and candy
• It is believed the sequence with Justus D. Barnes is what the gun barrell scene from James Bond is inspired from
• The 45. Long Colt shot clip appears in historical introduction to the film tombstone, as do numerous clips from the film, notably the man shot while attempting to escape the robbers.