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Copyright title: Opening the Williamsburg Bridge [New York City]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.
SUMMARY
The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras [Frame: 0690]. Next, a parade of dignitaries and military representatives, accompanied by members of the press [1310], is photographed passing the camera position led by a standard bearer whose banner reads "MAYOR" [0902]. The mayor of New York was Seth Low, a lame-duck at the time of filming, having been defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan. The Williamsburg Bridge, a combined cantilever and suspension bridge, crosses the East River from Delancey and Clinton Streets, Manhattan, to Roebling and S. 5th Streets, Williamsburg. Built at a cost of twelve million dollars, it held two lanes of roadway, two "L" tracks, four trolley tracks, and two promenades. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039.
Duration: 0:55 at 15 fps.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Photographed December 19, 1903. Location: East River, New York, N.Y.
Received: 2/11/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref print and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Williamsburg Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Bridges--New York (State)--New York.
Parades--New York (State)--New York.
News photographers--New York (State)--New York.
Press--New York (State)--New York.
East River (N.Y.)
Actuality--Short.
RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 roll (95 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
LC 346 (paper pos)
FEB 9841 (ref print)
FPE 5539 (dupe neg)
FPE 5627 (arch neg)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2b06704 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2b06704
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