Although one of the most successful films of the era, The Juggernaut—described by William K. Everson as second in significance only to The Birth of a Nation on its premiere in 1915—is all but forgotten today. In the century since "The Colossus of Modern Railway Dramas" was released, more than half of the film has been lost. In this reconstruction—new for 2017—all known footage from the best surviving sources has been combined with little- and never-before-seen production and publicity stills to bridge the missing material and present The Juggernaut as it was seen at its New York premiere in 1915.

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• Photo-reconstruction
  This edition features a new reconstruction of The Juggernaut attempts to recreate the the 1915 New York premiere version by combining all known surviving footage with production and publicity stills to bridge the missing material.
  
  
• Alternate endings
  Reconstructions of all three endings that were shot for the The Juggernaut.
  
  
• A Railroad Smashup (1904)
  The Juggernaut is in the tradition of the carnival sideshow act known as the smashup, where antiquate trains were wrecked for the amusement of the audience. In this Edison short, two Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives meet in a head-on collision.
  
  
• The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt (1911)
  A mother must find a way to warn her engineer son that the trestle his train is about to cross has been struck by lightning. With its strong thematic similarities, this Vitagraph short railroad drama seems to be the likely inspiration of The Juggernaut.
  
  
• Locomotive Actualities
  In the late nineteenth century, actualities dealing with trains were among the most popular films with moving picture goers. Perhaps the earliest germs of The Juggernaut may be traced to these. This small assortment includes The Black Diamond Express (1896), the first film Vitagraph ever publicly exhibited.

 

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