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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Bucking broncho / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]

SUMMARY
From Raff & Gammon price list: An out-of-door scene. The men and horse of this subject are from "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." 15.00.

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A cowboy riding an unruly "bronco."

From Edison films catalog: A fine exhibition of horsemanship by Lee Martin, a genuine cowboy. This particular broncho is an unusually wicked one. 40 feet. $6.00.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Performers: Lee Martin, Frank Hammitt.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:21 at 30 fps.

MAVIS 180334; Bucking broncho.

Filmed October 16, 1894, at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 140-41; Raff & Gammon. Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 1 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 3 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 49 [MI].

Received: 5-13-1994 from LC film lab; viewing print; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.

SUBJECTS
Horses--Training--United States.
Cowboys--United States.
Horsemanship--United States.
Rodeos--United States.
Horse sports--United States.
Wild west shows--United States.
Actuality.
Animal.

RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production.
Heise, William, camera.
Martin, Lee, performer.
Hammitt, Frank, performer.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 39 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print

CALL NUMBER
FEC 8099 (viewing print)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 4029 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4029

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