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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: The scene of the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railroads at Elizabeth, N.J. While a Pennsylvania train is passing over the arch, the Philadelphia Express on the Central Railroad comes dashing underneath at full speed, head on to the audience.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43412.
Camera, William Heise?
Duration: 0:20 at 30 fps.
Filmed ca. June or July 1897, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 314-15; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].
SUBJECTS
Railroad trains--New Jersey--Elizabeth.
Railroad bridges--New Jersey--Elizabeth.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Express trains--New Jersey.
Elizabeth (N.J.)
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 7078
LC 881 (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 0881 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0881
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