Launch of life boat / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

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Launch of life boat / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

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Launch of lifeboat

Launch of a life boat

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

SUMMARY
From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: Taken at the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service, Fort Point Station, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., commanded by Capt. Joseph Hodgson, and shows the crew in the act of starting for a wreck. The scene opens with the opening of the boat-house door, followed by the boat speeding down a runway into the water. The sailors, with oars pointing upward, and the splashing waters, are clearly reproduced, making an interesting scene.

Part of the "Pacific Coast Life Saving Service Series" (Edison films catalog): These subjects are illustrative of the work performed by the Life Saving Corps of the United States Government, and show the methods in vogue at one of the most important stations on either side of our Continent. The exact routine pursued in actual practice is clearly illustrated. We are particularly indebted to Major T. J. Blakeney, Superintendent of the U.S. Life Saving Service, 12th District, San Francisco, Cal., and Captain W. C. Coulson, of the U.S. Revenue Cutter, San Francisco, Cal., for their kind co-operation. We are thus enabled to bring before the public generally absolutely true and accurate pictures of one of our most worthy as well as interesting institutions, the crews of which are constantly risking their own lives for the preservation of others (p. 20).

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60570.

Camera, Frederick Blechynden.

Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.

MAVIS 45670.

Filmed ca. September 1897, at the Presidio in San Francisco, California.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 343; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; F.Z.Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 35; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 20 [MI].

Received: 3-11-1993 from LC film lab; viewing copy; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 10-12-1897; paper pos, copies 1 and 2; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Lifesaving--California--San Francisco.
Lifeboats--California--San Francisco.
Lifesaving stations--California--San Francisco.
Lifeboat service--California--San Francisco.
Lifeboat crew members--California--San Francisco.
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)
Pacific Coast (Calif.)
Actuality
Educational

MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2)

CALL NUMBER
FEC 4684 (viewing print)
Box 0746 (paper pos)
Box 5535 (paper pos, copy 2)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 0055 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0055

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