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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Shooting the chutes / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.


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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896]

SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A lively scene on the famous water chutes at Coney Island.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:23 at 30 fps.

Filmed June 18-23, 1896, at Bergen Beach, Coney Island, New York.

Originally part of [Unidentified Hendricks clips.18], viewing copy, MAVIS 46865-5, which was separated in January 2005 into individual 35mm pos. pictures.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 212; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 15 [MI].

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

SUBJECTS
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Amusement rides--New York (State)--New York.
Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York.
Actuality

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

MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 8078 (ref print)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 4040 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4040

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