- Title: VM-748
- Summary: PAPER PRINTS:
- Description:00:00:52 - DOG FACTORY, EDISON (1904) NYC THIS IS A NEARLY THREE MINUTE FILM OF A VAUDEVILLE TURN. THERE IS A CONTRAPTION APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A PIANO, WITH A SIGN STATING IT IS A "DOG TRANSFORMER." ON THE WALL BEHIND THE MACHINE ARE PEGS OR HANGERS WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF WURSTS OR SAUSAGES. SOMEONE COMES IN, SEES THE SIGNS, POINTS TO ONE THAT READS "BULL PUPS, SPANIELS, ETC.,"AND THE SAUSAGE IS PUT INTO THE MACHINE, THE CRANK TURNED, AND OUT COMES THE DOG OF HIS CHOICE. (SEE ALSO: SAUSAGE MACHINE AND FUN IN A BUTCHER SHOP) 00:04:33 - FERRY BOATS, PIERS, NEW YORK HARBOR VIEWS (1903) TRAINS ON BARGES, PUSHED BY TUGBOAT, OVERHEAD SHOTS 00:06:51 - EXHIBITION DRILL, NY FIREMEN, UNION SQUARE, AM&B (1904) THE FILM BEGINS FROM A CAMERA POSITION OVER THE HEADS OF SPECTATORS STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK IN UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY, WATCHING A FIRE DRILL. THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE FIRST CAMERA POSITION. THE NEXT SCENE, FROM ANOTHER CAMERA POSITION, SHOWS THE EQUIPMENT AT THE STATION, AND WATER CAN BE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE NOZZLES HELD BY FIREMEN. BEYOND THEM, SPECTATORS CAN BE SEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE. 00:08:43 - FUNERAL OF HIRAM CRONK, AM&B (1905) BROOKLYN, NY THE FILM SHOWS A LARGE CITY THOROUGHFARE WITH CROWDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING A PARADE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL (ARMY, NAVY, AND MARINE), FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, ECCLESIASTICAL GROUPS, AND CIVIC LEADERS. THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND PARADERS. FOLLOWING THEM ARE FOUR HORSE-DRAWN OPEN CARRIAGES AND THEN A LARGE HEARSE DRAWN BY FOUR BLACK HORSES. THE CAMERAL POSITION SHIFTS AND MOST OF THE PARADERS CAN BE SEEN FOR A SECOND TIME. THE FILM ENDS ON A WIDE ANGLE PROFILE SHOT OF THE HEARSE AND FOUR BLACK HORSES STANDING STILL. HIRAM CRONK, A VETERAN OF THE WAR OF 1812, DIED AT THE AGE OF 105; HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE LAST SURVIVING VETERAN OF THAT WAR AND SO WAS GIVEN AN ELABORATE FUNERAL. 00:12:18 - LATINA CONTORTIONIST, AM&B (1905) NYC WE SEE A WOMAN IN TIGHTS, ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER HER BODY THROUGH A HOOP THAT SEEMS TOO SMALL. HOWEVER, SHE DOES IT SINCE HER BODY IS DOUBLE-JOINTED. 00:13:17 - LAURA COMSTOCK'S BAG-PUNCHING DOG, EDISON (1901) THE BEGINNING SCENE SHOWS THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A WOMAN AND THE HEAD AND PAWS OF A DOG SITTING AT A TABLE NEAR THE CAMERA. IMMEDIATELY IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SIGN STATING HER NAME AND THAT SHE OWNS A DOG THAT CAN PUNCH A BAG. THE REMAINDER OF THE FILM SHOWS THE DOG JUMPING AND BUTTING A PUNCHING BAG SUSPENDED FROM A ROPE OVER ITS HEAD, THE FILM ENDS AS THE DOG SUCCEEDS IN CATCHING THE PUNCHING BAG AND SHAKING IT VIOLENTLY, THE DOG WAS NAMED MANNIE. 00:15:18 - MCKINLEY FUNERAL ON WAY TO CHURCH, AM&B (1903) CANTON, OHIO PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE-CAMERA POSITION, THE FILM SHOWS THE MILITARY ESCORT OF THE HORSE-DRAWN HEARSE CARRYING THE BODY OF THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 00:16:14 - MCKINLEY FUNERAL: PANORAMA OF MCKINLEY HOME, AM&B (1902) CANTON, OHIO PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE-CAMERA POSITION, THE FILM SHOWS A LONG LINE OF CIVILIAN MOURNERS AWAITING A CHANCE TO PASS THROUGH PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S HOUSE TO VIEW HIS CASKET. THE CAMERA PANS APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES. 00:17:29 - MCKINLEY'S FUNERAL ENTERING WESTLAWN CEMETERY, CANTON, OHIO EDISON (1901) PHOTOGRAPHED FROM SEVERAL CAMERA POSITIONS, THE FILM SHOWS THE FUNERAL PROCESSION BOTH PRECEDING AND FOLLOWING THE BODY OF THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT BEFORE HE IS INTERRED AT CANTON, OHIO 00:19:59 - THE MOB OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, EDISON (1901) BUFFALO NY [SITE OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S ASSASSINATION] THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED AT SUCH A HEIGHT BEHIND A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE AN EXHIBIT BUILDING THAT MAINLY HATS ARE VISIBLE. 00:22:13 - MARKET STREET BEFORE PARADE, AM&B (1903) SAN FRANCISCO CA THE FILM BEGINS AS THE STREETCAR ON WHICH THE CAMERA IS PLACED STARTS TO MOVE DOWN THE PRINCIPAL STREET OF A LARGE CITY, SHOWING THE BUSES AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE ERA. THE STREET IS GAILY DECORATED FOR A PARADE ON THE OCCASION OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S VISIT. 00:24:21 - NEW BROOKLYN BRIDGE, AM&B (1903) NYC THE CAMERA WAS PLACED ON A STRUCTURE OVERLOOKING THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND, AS THE PICTURE BEGINS, THE CAMERA PANS SLOWLY TAKING IN THE FIRST ARCH AND CABLE SUPPORTS. THE PAN STOPS, AND THE CAMERAMAN DIRECTS THE CAMERA FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF THE SPAN SUPPORT, AND THEN THE FILM STOPS. THE TITLE ON THE PRODUCTION RECORD SHEET IS NEW BROOKLYN BRIDGE PANORAMA. 00:25:30 - NEW BROOKLYN TO NEW YORK VIA BROOKLYN BRIDGE, EDISON (1899) NO. 1 THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION FROM THE FRONT OF A RAILROAD TRAIN AS IT CROSSED THE BRIDGE FROM BROOKLYN TO MANHATTAN. NEW BROOKLYN TO NEW YORK VIA BROOKLYN BRIDGE, NO.2 THE FILM BEGINS AS THE VEHICLE ON WHICH THE CAMERA IS PLACED BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, MAKING A TURN ON THE MANHATTAN SIDE. NOTHING CAN BE SEEN EXCEPT WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE CAR. 00:27:58 - OPENING OF EAST RIVER BRIDGE, NEW YORK, EDISON (1903) A LARGE PORTION OF THE BRIDGE CAN BE SEEN. JUDGING BY THEIR DRESS, THE PEOPLE PASSING THE CAMERA ARE DIGNITARIES ABOUT TO DEDICATE THE STRUCTURE. A SECOND CAMERA POSITION SHOWS PARADING INDIVIDUALS LED BY A STANDARD BEARER (STANDARD UNIDENTIFIED). FROM A THIRD CAMERA POSITION, TAKEN OVER THE HEADS OF THE CROWD, CAN BE SEEN BUILDINGS CUSTOMARILY FOUND AROUND WATERFRONTS AND THEN A COVERED PLATFORM, DRAPED IN FLAG BUNTING, WHERE THE PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY SEEN HAVE GONE TO BEGIN THE CEREMONIES. ONE OF THE DIGNITARIES WAS SETH LOW, THEN MAYOR OF NEW YORK. 00:31:31 - OPENING THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE, AM&B (1904) EAST RIVER NYC FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION LOCATED ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE, A PARADE OF DIGNITARIES AND MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES IS PHOTOGRAPHED PASSING THE CAMERA POSITION ON THE WAY TO THE REVIEWING STAND. 00:32:39 - OVER ROUTE OF ROOSEVELT PARADE IN AN AUTOMOBILE, AM&B (1903) SAN FRANCISCO AS THE TITLE INDICATES, THIS FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM AN AUTOMOBILE. IT SHOWS THE ROUTE OF THE PARADE OVER WHICH PRES. TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS TO TRAVEL. SEVERAL TURNS AND GOOD VIEWS OF BUILDINGS ARE SHOWN. 00:35:07 - PALACE OF ELECTRICITY, EDISON (1900) PARIS EXPOSITION. THIS SINGLE CAMERA POSITION FILM EMPLOYS A 360 DEGREE PAN THAT STARTS WITH A VIEW OF THE ELECTRIC BUILDING AND INCLUDES MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS AT THE EXPOSITION (WORLD'S FAIR), HELD IN PARIS, FRANCE, ALTHOUGH THE TITLE OF THE FILM DOES NOT INDICATE THE LOCATION. 00:37:23 - PANORAMA OF THE MOVING BOARDWALK, EDISON (1900) [PARIS EXPOSITION] THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED TO SHOW A MECHANICAL TRANSPORTATION DEVICE CALLED A MOVING BOARDWALK. PEOPLE OF VARIOUS AGES GET ON AND OFF THE MOVING SIDEWALK. THE LOCALE IS NOT IDENTIFIED. 00:39:06 - PANORAMA WATERFRONT AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE FROM EAST RIVER, EDISON (1903) NYC THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED FROM THE DECK OF A VESSEL PROCEEDING DOWN THE EAST RIVER TOWARD THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. THE BEGINNING SCENES ARE ABEAM OF THE CAMERA VESSEL AND SHOW ALL OF THE EXISTING METHODS OF DOCKING A VESSEL AND LOADING OR UNLOADING, AS WELL AS SAILBOATS AND STEAMSHIPS OF ALL SIZES. NEW YORK HARBOR. 00:41:56 - PANORAMIC VIEW OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE, EDISON (1899) NYC THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED ON THE FRONT OF A STREETCAR AS IT CROSSED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, BUT THE CAMERAMAN APPARENTLY RAN OUT OF FILM BEFORE HE COMPLETED THE TRIP. ONLY THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE PASSAGEWAY IS VISIBLE. THE FILM IS OF POOR QUALITY. 00:43:18 - PARADE OF EAGLES, NEW YORK, AM&B (1903) NYC PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE CROWDS WATCHING A PARADE, THE FILM SHOWS SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF EAGLES. SOME WEAR CIVILIAN ATTIRE, OTHER COSTUMES SIGNIFYING A SUBDIVISION OF THEIR ORDER. 00:46:37 - PARADE OF HORSES ON SPEEDWAY, AM&B (1903) NYC THIS PARADE OF HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE SPECTATOR SIDE OF A THOROUGHFARE CALLED A "SPEEDWAY." IN THE BACKGROUND AN ARCHED BRIDGE RESEMBLING THE ONE AT 59TH STREET IN NEW YORK CITY CAN BE SEEN AND ALSO, IN THE EXTREME BACKGROUND, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE IS VISIBLE. DURING THE FILM, VARIOUS TYPES OF CARRIAGES CONTAINING PEOPLE ATTIRED IN FASHIONABLE RIDING APPAREL PASS BY THE CAMERA POSITION. 00:47:52 - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S FOURTH OF JULY ORATION, AM&B (1903) HUNTINGTON, L.I. NY THE OPENING SCENE, FROM THE FIRST OF THE TWO CAMERA POSITIONS, SHOWS A COVERED PLATFORM ON WHICH PRES. TEDDY ROOSEVELT CAN BE SEEN EATING AND THEN SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONGREGATED TO HEAR HIM. THE SECOND CAMERA POSITION IS OVER THE HEADS OF THE CROWD BIDDING HIM GOODBYE AS HE AND HIS PARTY ENTER A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE AND LEAVE THE VICINITY. 00:50:36 - CAPTURE OF THE BIDDLE BROTHERS, EDISON (1902) THIS SHORT MELODRAMA, USING A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION, WAS TAKEN IN A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA AFTER A HEAVY SNOWFALL. IN THE DISTANCE, APPROACHING THE CAMERA AT A RAPID RATE, ARE APPROXIMATELY TEN MEN ON HORSEBACK. A SLEIGH DRAWN BY TWO HORSES COMES WITHIN CAMERA VIEW HEADED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE RIDERS. THE SLEIGH HALTS AND TWO MEN WITH RIFLES ALIGHT. THEY START SHOOTING AT THE ONCOMING RIDERS WHO RETURN THE FIRE. THE TWO MEN, HIT BY THE GUNFIRE, FALL TO THE GROUND. SOME OF THE RIDERS DISMOUNT, PICK UP THE MEN, PLACE THEM IN THE SLEIGH, AND LEAVE THE SCENE. 00:52:39 - THE SLOCUM DISASTER, AM&B (1904) EAST RIVER NYC THE SLOCUM DISASTER OCCURRED ON JUNE 15, 1904, WHEN AN EXCURSION VESSEL OF THAT NAME EXPLODED AND CAPSIZED IN HELL GATE, EAST RIVER, NEW YORK. ONE THOUSAND AND THIRTY PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CATASTROPHE. THIS NEWSREEL FILM SHOWS BODIES BEING RECOVERED FROM THE WATER. 00:57:12 - STAR THEATRE, AM&B (1902) NYC AS THE FILM BEGINS, THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON A LARGE BRICK BUILDING WITH A MARQUEE LETTERED "STAR THEATER." THE CAMERA IS POSITIONED AT APPROXIMATELY THE THIRD FLOOR SO THAT IT OVERLOOKS AN INTERSECTION ON WHICH THE BUILDING STANDS. AS THE FILM PROGRESSES, THE BUILDING DIMINISHES IN SIZE FOR IT IS BEING DEMOLISHED. JUDGING BY THE DIFFERENT EXPOSURES OF THE FILM, PRODUCTION MUST HAVE BEEN IN EXCESS OF THIRTY DAYS. THIS TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPHY CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE USE OF SPECIAL TIMING DEVICES CONTROLLING THE CAMERA. THE STAR THEATRE WAS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND THIRTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-748