I am not going to give this film a score. After all, it's only about a minute long and you really can't adequately score something this short in all but a very few cases. It consists of a street scene along Broadway in New York. The camera is 100% stationary and it simply consists of folks walking, trolleys zipping along and carriages transporting people.
What makes this film very mildly interesting is the contrast between it and the previous short, "Blizzard" (1899). "Blizzard" shows a much more interesting scene and in the same part of town--but it's during a showy day. And, more importantly, the camera was arranged on some sort of turntable device to allow the camera to move--giving a great panoramic view of the city. This was very interesting--"Scene on Lower Broadway" was not particularly interesting except for its historical aspects. Adequate seems to sum up this short quite well.
What makes this film very mildly interesting is the contrast between it and the previous short, "Blizzard" (1899). "Blizzard" shows a much more interesting scene and in the same part of town--but it's during a showy day. And, more importantly, the camera was arranged on some sort of turntable device to allow the camera to move--giving a great panoramic view of the city. This was very interesting--"Scene on Lower Broadway" was not particularly interesting except for its historical aspects. Adequate seems to sum up this short quite well.
