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Immigrants landing at Ellis Island
Emigrants landing at Ellis Island
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
SUMMARY
The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.
From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. A most interesting and typical scene. Code word Utriele [code for telegraphic orders]. Length 140 feet. Class B. $16.80.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1591) was changed when paper positive was rehoused.
Photographed July 9, 1903.
Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; dupe neg pic; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1991 from LC film lab; viewing print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1903-07-24; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Immigrants--New York (State)--New York.
Ferries--New York (State)--New York.
Rivers--New York (State)--New York.
Harbors--New York (State)--New York.
Islands--New York (State)--New York.
Docks--New York (State)--New York.
Emigration and immigration.
Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York.
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
RELATED NAMES
Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille), 1878-1950, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 158 ft., ca. 3 min.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 158 ft., ca. 3 min.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
1 roll (158 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
FEB 9433 (viewing print)
FPE 5354 (dupe neg pic)
Box 0853 (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2a10987 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a10987
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