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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Buffalo Fire Department in action / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

SUMMARY
From F.Z. Maguire & Co. catalogue: Another of those stirring fire scenes which have proved so popular. There are ten pieces of apparatus in the picture. Every piece fully manned is under full headway, and is shown almost head-on to the beholder. Several of the engines and wagons are drawn by three horses abreast. Fireman appear putting on their coats, etc., while the engines and trucks rush by. Many of the engine horses in the picture are white and the speed at which they break into the scene and pass full size under the very eye of the observer is startling. The engines are fired up and there are dust, steam and smoke effects all through the film. This picture is very full and complete.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43411.

Camera, William Heise?

Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.

Filmed ca. early June 1897, in Buffalo, New York.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 310; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; F.Z Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 44; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].

SUBJECTS
Buffalo (N.Y.).--Fire Dept.
Fire fighters--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Fire engines--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Horses--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Actuality

RELATED NAMES
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
Box 7079
LC 28 (paper pos)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
edmp 0028 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0028

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