Scene from the elevator ascending Eiffel Tower / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

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Scene from the elevator ascending Eiffel Tower / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

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OTHER TITLES
Title in Edison films catalog: Panoramic view from the Eiffel Tower, ascending and descending

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900.

SUMMARY
From Edison films catalog: A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car. This wonderful tower is 1,000 feet in height, and the picture produces a most sensational effect. As the camera leaves the ground and rises to the top of the tower, the enormous white city opens out to the view of the astonished spectator. Arriving at the top of the tower, a bird's eye view of the Exposition looking toward the Trocadero, and also toward the Palace of Electricity, is made, and the camera begins its descent. The entire trip is shown on a 200-foot film. 30.00. We furnish the ascent in 125 foot film. 18.75.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Aug1900; D16386.

Duration: 1:59 at 16 fps.

Filmed July 1900, at the Paris Exposition in Paris, France.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 607; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 17 [MI].

SUBJECTS
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Elevators--France--Paris.
Towers--France--Paris.
Exposition universelle internationale de 1900--(Paris, France)
Exhibitions--France--Paris.
Exhibition buildings--France--Paris.
Streets--France--Paris.
Paris (France)--Aerial views.
City and town life--France--Paris.
Actuality

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEB 9860 (ref print)
LC 1847 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 1847 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.1847

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