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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.


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OTHER TITLES
Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Paterson Falls

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

SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A beautiful picture of the falls of the Passaic River, near Paterson, N.J.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:19 at 30 fps.

MAVIS 183875.

Filmed ca. July 1896, in Paterson, N.J.

Edison film historian C. Musser notes that the International Film Co. shot a similar film, entitled Passaic Falls in the Maguire & Baucus catalogue; it is possible that this is the International film rather than the Edison one.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 219; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 14 [MI].

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

SUBJECTS
Waterfalls--New Jersey--Paterson.
Paterson (N.J.)
Passaic River (N.J.)
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. 1 min., ca. 34 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 8076 (viewing print)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 4041 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4041

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