""This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the Brooklyn end, as seen from the front end of a third rail car running at high speed. The entire trip consumes three minutes of time, during which abundant opportunity is given to observe all the structural wonders of the bridge, and far distant river panorama below." (1902 American Mutoscope and Biograph Picture catalogue)

It did not take long before early cameramen discovered the added value of the moving camera by putting their machines on boats and trains. This film must be one of the greatest examples with its mesmerizing, almost hypnotic "tunnel" part.

Much later dollies would be specifically made to move cameras around. The effect was popularized by the 1914 italian movie "Cabiria"; for years it was referred to as a "Cabiria" movement by filmmakers.

Similar films were released by Edison with the titles "New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge #1" and "New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge #2" (both copyrighted 22-09-1899). Edison advertised it as "The best picture of the Brooklyn Bridge yet secured", but it's not as good as this version by American Mutoscope and Biograph.

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