Tag: film
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Abandoned ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Hoisted From Alaskan Wilderness
The Alaska National Guard airlifted the abandoned bus from 2007 classic Into the Wild due to public safety concerns. Located on the Stampede Trail near Alaska’s Denali National Park in Healy, Alaska, the Fairbanks Bus 142 attracted hikers from around the world trying to reach it. Some hikers even drowned in the attempt. The state…
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Time travel back to New York City, 1911
In 1911, Swedish film company Svenska Biografteatern recorded its trip to New York. Fortunately, the footage survived and most recently was speed-corrected (slowed down) and reproduced with the ambient audio of street sounds of car horns, horses, and police whistles to give us a sense of the environment back then. There’s also a color version of the…