The Ghost Train

The film identified is the 1903 American production 'The Ghost Train' (filmed in 1901 but widely registered and cataloged as 1903), directed by G.W. Bitzer for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. As a motion picture published before January 1, 1928, it has entered the public domain in the United States due to the expiration of its maximum copyright term. Under the Copyright Act of 1909 and subsequent extensions leading to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, works published before 1928 have concluded their statutory protection period (95 years from publication). This specific film is archived at the Library of Congress and is widely recognized as a public domain work from the early silent era, famous for its early use of double exposure photography.