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The Broken Wire

1916· 12 minNR

From Kalem Company

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Synopsis

When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight for a stroll. In the excitement of boarding again one of the passengers loses a handbag containing her jewels and money. Two crooks aboard the train hear of this and at Helen's station they alight.

Themes

lost film

Cast & crew

Directed by J. Gunnis Davis

Helen GibsonHelenRobyn Adair1st CrookFranklyn Hall2nd CrookClarence BurtonConductor

In this series · The Hazards of Helen

Helen's Sacrifice1914
The Plot at the Railroad Cut1914
The Girl at the Throttle1914
The Stolen Engine1914
The Flying Freight's Captive1914
The Black Diamond Express1914
The Escape on the Limited1914
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril1915
The Leap from the Water Tower1915
The Broken Circuit1915
The Fast Mail's Danger1915
The Little Engineer1915
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight1915
The Red Signal1915
The Engineer's Peril1915
The Open Drawbridge1915
The Death Train1915
The Night Operator at Buxton1915
The Railroad Raiders of '621915
The Girl at Lone Point1915
A Life in the Balance1915
The Girl on the Trestle1915
The Girl Engineer1915
A Race for a Crossing1915
The Box Car Trap1915
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine1915
The Fiend at the Throttle1915
The Broken Train1915
A Railroader's Bravery1915
The Human Chain1915
The Pay Train1915
Near Eternity1915
In Danger's Path1915
The Midnight Limited1915
A Wild Ride1915
The Fate of Number One1915
A Deed of Daring1915
The Girl on the Engine1915
The Runaway Boxcar1915
The Substitute Fireman1915
The Limited's Peril1915
A Perilous Chance1915
Train Order Number Forty-Five1915
The Broken Rail1915
Nerves of Steel1915
A Girl's Grit1915
A Matter of Seconds1915
The Watertank Plot1915
A Test of Courage1915
A Mile a Minute1915
The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children1915
Danger Ahead!1915
The Girl and the Special1915
The Girl on the Bridge1915
The Dynamite Train1915
The Tramp Telegrapher1915
Crossed Wires1915
The Wrong Train Order1915
A Boy at the Throttle1915
At the Risk of Her Life1916
When Seconds Count1916
The Haunted Station1916
The Open Track1916
Tapped Wires1916
The Broken WireYou’re here
The Peril of the Rails1916
The Perilous Swing1916
The Switchman's Story1916
The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve1916
A Race for a Life1916
The Girl Who Dared1916
The Detective's Peril1916
The Trapping of 'Peeler' White1916
The Record Run1916
The Race for a Siding1916
The Governor's Special1916
The Trail of Danger1916
The Human Telegram1916
The Bridge of Danger1916
One Chance in a Hundred1916
The Capture of Red Stanley1916
The Spiked Switch1916
The Treasure Train1916
A Race Through the Air1916
In Death's Pathway1916
The Mysterious Cipher1916
The Engineer's Honor1916
To Save the Road1916
The Broken Brake1916
A Plunge from the Sky1916
A Mystery of the Rails1916
Hurled Through the Drawbridge1916
With the Aid of the Wrecker1916
At Danger's Call1916
The Secret of the Box Car1916
Ablaze on the Rails1916
The Hoodoo of Division B1916
Defying Death1916
The Death Swing1916
The Blocked Track1916
To Save the Special1916
A Daring Chance1916
The Lost Messenger1916
The Gate of Death1916
The Lone Point Mystery1916
The Runaway Sleeper1916
The Forgotten Train Order1916
The Trial Run1916
The Lineman's Peril1916
The Midnight Express1916
The Vanishing Box Car1916
A Race with Death1916
The Mogul Mountain Mystery1917
The Fireman's Nemesis1917
The Wrecked Station1917
The Railroad Claim Intrigue1917
The Death Siding1917
The Prima Donna's Special1917
The Sidetracked Sleeper1917
The Hazards of Helen1917

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