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Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)


It's fair to say that few of us now marvel at moving walkways, those standard infrastructural elements of such utilitarian spaces as airport terminals, subway stations, and big-box stores. But there was a time when they astounded even residents of one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.

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