Boer War Comes to Brooklyn Frame Color:Silver "It rumbles over the streets

"It rumbles over the streets of Inwood in Upper Manhattan

the home of the Taj Mahal

For 170 years

"The shadows are on top

"That was one fantastic ride

Boer War Comes to Brooklyn Frame Color:Silver "It rumbles over the streetsIn the early days of silent films, before movie companies moved to Southern California, New York was the nation's film capital. War movies were one of the most popular genres and in this photo George Melford directs "The Boer War" in Brooklyn. This photograph was used as a promotional photo for "The Boer War" around its release March 31, 1914. Vitagraph Studios, which built its first studio in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn in 1905, made "The Boer War"