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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Going to the fire / Thomas A. Edison ; producer, James White.


No digital version available

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

SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the country, present a thrilling spectacle as they dash rapidly by, flecked with foam, and panting from the exertion of their long gallop.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Camera, William Heise.

MAVIS 180349.

Filmed November 14, 1896, in Newark, New Jersey.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 257; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 8 [MI].

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

SUBJECTS
Newark (N.J.).--Fire Dept.
Fire fighters--New Jersey--Newark.
Fire engines--New Jersey--Newark.
Horses--New Jersey--Newark.
Horse-drawn vehicles--New Jersey--Newark.
Fire chiefs--New Jersey--Newark.
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. 43 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 8103 (viewing print)

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

DIGITAL ID
edmp 4048 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4048

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