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Title from Early motion pictures: Shooting the chutes, Luna Park
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903.
SUMMARY
The camera was positioned to view the shoot-the-chutes concession from the best location. A special added attraction for the entertainment of the spectators is a man in a swimming suit who rides down the shoot-the-chutes on one ski.
NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 13Aug03; H34521.
Cameraman, G. W. Bitzer.
Cameraman credit from Niver's, Early motion pictures, p. 297.
Duration: 1:32 at 16 fps.
Filmed July 3, 1903 in Coney Island, N.Y.
Source used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, 1985.
Received: ca. 1991 from LC lab; ref print and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York.
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Luna Park (New York, N.Y.)
Actuality--Shorts.
RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg.
CALL NUMBER
FLA 4877 (ref print)
FRA 2880 (dupe neg)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
awal 1863 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/awal.1863
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