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Variant title in C. Musser: American falls from top of American shore
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1896.
SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Shows glittering ice background and a group of photographers preparing to take pictures.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 12Dec1896; 67877.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:20 at 30 fps.
Part of Edison's "New Niagara Falls series: The following subjects were all taken on the latest and most improved clear stock during December 1896, and should not be confounded with former negatives, which were not entirely satisfactory."
MAVIS 212632.
Filmed early December 1896, at Niagara Falls, New York.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 262; Maguire & Baucus. Edison films, supp. catalogue, Jan. 20, 1897, p. 5 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 18 [MI].
Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.
SUBJECTS
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Waterfalls--New York (State)
Photographers--New York (State)
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. 37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 8069 (viewing print)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 4051 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4051
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