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Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend interest to the scene.
Direction
Dickson locked down the first viral street moment.
Practical Effects
Real 1896 bicycles, real horse poop, zero CGI.

Director
William K.L. Dickson
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