Edward J Quigley, my father, was an amature photogapher. He was born in 1911 and lived his childhood years on 12th Street & 5th Ave. in Brooklyn, NY. The Elevated line in this film ran past his block. He died when I was 5, so I didn't know him or much about him. He did leave negatives and movies that I have scanned. I learned from his archive that, like most boys, he liked trains, planes & automibiles. (and fire engines) This film is one of his 8MM B&W home movies. It shows the 5th Ave Brooklyn El line from the Motorman's perspective. I estimate that it was taken in the mid 1930's.
The Fifth Avenue El line ran from around the Brooklyn Navy Yard, up Flatbush Avenue to Atlantic Avenue where...