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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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Part 1 of 3
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Part 2 of 3
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Part 3 of 3
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SUMMARY
Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls.
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
Duration: 3:54 (part 1), 4:00 (part 2), and 3:36 (part 3) at 16 fps.
According to the Kleine catalog, this film was originally intended for inclusion in the Conquest program, but was never released in that series.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; George Kleine Collection catalog, 1980, p. 31.
SUBJECTS
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
Canals--Maryland.
Canals--Washington (D.C.)
Potomac River Valley.
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Tunnels.
Barges.
Coal-carrying vessels.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
Great Falls of the Potomac (Md. and Va.)
Maryland--Description and travel.
Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel.
Travelogue
Actuality
RELATED NAMES
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 276 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
CALL NUMBER
FLA 1477 (ref print)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 4059s1 4059s2 4059s3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4059
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