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The Broken Train

1915 12 minutes

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Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps into a racing auto and takes off in pursuit. In the meantime, the freight's brakes fail, and the train breaks in two. Helen, on a road parallel to the tracks, leaps onto a flat car, runs forward, informs the train crew what has happened, and captures the crooks.

Released

22nd May 1915

111 years ago

Runtime

12 minutes

Finishes at 12:24am

Directed by

J.P. McGowan

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Written by

Edward T. Matlack

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