TRAIN KEPT A' ROLLIN

Goran Janicijevic simplius at SOFTHOME.NET
Sat Mar 20 07:40:06 EST 1999


Stephen Swann wrote:

>The clip is apparently "live" film footage of a child accidentally
>wandering in front of a speeding train, and being hurled (very
>violently) offscreen.  What gives the image a certain compelling power

I would say it was a woman.

>is the bizarreness of seeing such an accident through a film shown
>40(?) years later.  You want to shout at the kid to stop, but it's
>clearly a little late for that...

The bizzareness lies mainly in the fact that the hurrying couple
thought the train on the first rails makes the noise, so they hurried
to cross those rails. But this train was parked, and the surprise lied
on the second rails.
--
Goran



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