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SUMMARY
The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows a large tent of animal skins in front of which are two spectators watching two participants perform a game of skill using whips.
From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: SCENE IN THE ESQUIMAUX VILLAGE. Ungulado. [code for telegraphic orders]. The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short summer. Class B 75 ft. $9.00
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Aug1901; H7499.
Duration: 0:21 at 20 fps.
Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.
Location: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.
The Edison company distributed this film and the film "Esquimaux Game of Leap-frog" as one film, entitled "Scene in the Esquimaux Village."
The Edison Company summary was excerpted to include only descriptions of scenes appearing in this film.
Received: 8/9/1901; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
Exhibitions--United States.
Eskimos--Games.
Whips.
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 (43 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
LC 745 (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
lcmp001 m1b09776 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp001.m1b09776
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