The Kiss in the Tunnel
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Title: The Kiss in the Tunnel
Release Date: 30 Nov 1899
Runtime: 1m
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: George Albert Smith Films, Cecil Hepworth
Production Companies: George Albert Smith Films, Cecil Hepworth
Overview: Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the Tunnel is said to mark the beginnings of narrative editing. It is in fact, two films in one, hence the 2 min length. Firstly, the G.A. Smith film here for the central cheeky scene in the carriage. The train view footage however is Cecil Hepworth's work, entitled 'View From An Engine Front - Shilla Mill Tunnel', edited into two halves in order to provide a visual narrative of the train entering the tunnel before the kiss and then leaving afterwards. More information about the filming of the phantom train ride can be found searching for the Hepworth film separately.
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