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Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains, and loading it into boats /
No full textThe film covers four operations involved in shipping ice: sawing the ice from frozen-over lakes, transferring it by means of speciality constructed freight cars to a dock some distance away, unloading it, and then transloading it onto a waiting ship.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Feb02; H14435.Paper print shelf number (LC 1692) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCLC also holds two related Paper Print Collection films on this subject: Cutting the ice, and Circular panorama of housing the ice. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCFilmed in Groton, Massachusetts, probably in 1902.Source used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 187.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
The life of a city early films of New York, 1898-1906 /
No full textDerived from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress, presents forty-five films of New York that were made during the period from 1898 to 1906 by the Edison Company and the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Features selected bibliographies on New York and early motion pictures. Includes historical information about turn-of-the-century New York City and the United States.Title from Web page (viewed on June 6, 2002).Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress
The last days of a president films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901 /
No full textPresents twenty-eight films from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress. Produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company from March to November 1901, these actuality motion pictures feature footage of President William McKinley at his second inauguration; the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York; McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition; and McKinley's funeral. Links to a section of The Learning Page covering the subjects of United States history, critical thinking, and arts and humanities as they relate to the collection.Title from Web page (viewed on June 11, 2002).Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress
What demoralized the barber shop /
No full textShows several men in a basement barbership who become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men below, causing pandemonium among the barbershop customers.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 11Sep1901; H8587.Duration: 0:48 at 22 fps.Paper print shelf number (LC 1932) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCLC also holds another film with the same title, copyrighted in 1898 by Thomas Edison. Both films are in the Paper Print Collection. DLCSources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 359.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
Theodore Roosevelt his life and times on film /
No full textDerived from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection and the Paper Print Collection of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress, presents 104 films that document the events in Theodore Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919. Features selected bibliography, timeline, film chronology, and four sound recordings of Roosevelt stating his progressive political views.Title from Web page (viewed on June 7, 2002).Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress
The roller skate craze /
No full textDuring this short film, the cameraman photographed many different people in varied walks of life all of whom are wearing roller skates. Each scene, since the camera changed from individual to individual, is too short to allow any further description.Copyright: Selig; 09Aug07; H97845.Duration: 0:18 at 16 fps.In Early motion pictures the length of the 16 mm. is erroneously given as 18 feet. The correct length is taken from the Paper Print catalog card. DLCPaper print shelf number (LC 1396) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCSource used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, p. 277.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
Bathing at Atlantic City /
No full text"A panoramic view taken from Young's Pier, showing the boardwalk, the auditorium pier, new steel pier, beach and bathing. Without an exception the only film on the market showing at least 50,000 people. This great mass of humanity proves the undying popularity of this world-famous seaside resort. A photographic gem"--Edison films catalog, no. 135.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 21Aug01; H7984.Duration: 1:05 at 18 fps.Filmed in Atlantic City, N.J., probably in 1901.Paper print shelf number (LC 1481) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCSources used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 24; Edison films catalog, no. 135 (September, 1902), p. 60; Edison films catalog, no. 288 (July, 1906), p. 81; AFI catalog online, viewed November 2, 2015.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
Admiral Dewey landing at Gibraltar /
No full textWar hero Adm. George Dewey, famous for his victory at Manila Bay early in the war, was filmed during his trip back to the United States at Gibraltar in early September 1899.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 27Sept1899; 62823.Original main title lacking. DLCPossible release date is from copyright catalog; unable to verify if work was ever actually released.Duration: 1:22 at 16 fps.Paper print shelf number (LC 1447) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCFilmed ca. Sept. 5, 1899, when Admiral Dewey stopped off at Gibraltar on his way to New York City and the first of his homecoming celebrations.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 543-545; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 2.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
The kiss /
No full textFrom Edison films catalog: Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it. 60 feet. $9.00.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Mar1900; D5532.Duration: 0:44 at 16 fps.Paper print shelf number (LC 1051) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCBased on the earlier Edison film, May Irwin kiss (1896).Filmed from about February to early March 1900.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 580; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 176; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 70 [MI].Forms part of the Library of Congress American Memory online collection: Inventing entertainment: the motion pictures and sound recordings of the Edison Companies.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
Calf branding /
No full textThe cameraman placed his camera near a fire where some branding irons were being heated. As the film begins, three men can be seen going through the various operations of branding calves. In the background is a large herd of cattle.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Feb98; 13531.Paper print shelf number (LC 1518) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCPhotographed in October 1897, during the annual "round-up" on the ranch of the Alfalfa Land and Cattle Co., El Paso County, Colorado.Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 44; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 358.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
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