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'John Ford's silent masterpiece, The Iron Horse 1924 is lavish retelling of push into the West by the first Transcontinental Railroad. 'The Iron Horse unfurls its historical tapestry as backdrop to a driving melodrama of a tense love triangle and a son avenging his father's murder. The film's gripping action sequences display director John Ford's strong command of kinetic cinema with intensely rhythmic sequences of laying the railroad tracks and dramatic battles with 'Indians'.' Harvard Film Archive

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