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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.

SUMMARY
The title indicates that this film was taken from a balloon. However, there is no aerial photography. Instead it is an up and down or elevation of the camera on the then-famous Electric Tower built for the Exposition at Buffalo, New York.

From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ELECTRIC TOWER FROM A BALLOON. Unhabile [code for telegraphic orders]. Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition. It was then slowly elevated to the top of the Tower, a distance of 465 feet, and slowly lowered until it reached the ground, keeping the Tower in view all the time during the ascent and descent, ending with a very interesting view of the base of the Tower, with crowds of people passing to and fro. Class B 75 ft. $9.00

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 14Aug1901; H7634.

Duration: 1:20 at 15 fps.

Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.

Location: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.

The Library of Congress copy of this film may not include all of the scenes described in the Edison Company summary.

Received: 8/14/1901; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
Exhibitions--United States.
Towers--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Exhibition buildings--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Amusement rides--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Porter, Edwin S., camera.
White, James H. (James Henry), camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 roll (95 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
LC 1045 (paper pos)

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

DIGITAL ID
lcmp001 m1a34478 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp001.m1a34478

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