Frankenstein
"While he is in college, Frankenstein decides he must attempt to make a perfect human being. The being he creates is given life in a vat of burning chemicals. On the day Frankenstein weds his sweetheart, who has been living patiently at home, he sees the monster he created reflected in a mirror. Having disappeared, the monster returns to his creator to gain acceptance.…
Contributor:
Phillips, Augustus - Dawley, J. Searle - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) - Fuller, Mary - Ogle, Charles - Sosin, Donald
Date:2017
Film, Video
Hell-bound train
"A car-by-car dramatization of the sins of the Jazz Age (including gambling, dancing, alcohol, and the mistreatment of animals), presided over by a horned devil, culminating in a colossal derailment"--Kino Now WWW site.
Contributor:
Kino Lorber, Inc - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Waymon, Sam - Gist, James - Berry, Torriano - Wood, Bret - Gist, Eloyce
Date:2016
Film, Video
The Flying Ace
Capt. Billy Stokes, a World War I pilot known as the Flying Ace, returns home a hero and resumes his former job as a railroad detective. His first task is to solve the mystery of a missing payroll agent, Blair Kimball, and a satchel holding $25,000. He thinks the payroll agent has taken the money. He also suspects another pilot, Finley Tucker, of being…
Contributor:
Reynolds, Steve - Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra - Norman, Richard E. - Kino Lorber, Inc - Daniels, Lyons - Norman Studios - De Legge, Boise - Brown, R. L. - Criner, Lawrence - Jordan, Sam - Colvin, George - Sauer, Rodney - Platts, Harold - Boyd, Kathryn
Date:2016
Film, Video
Pan-American Exposition by night
The film begins with a slow pan over the tower building of the exposition, which was lighted by electric lights. The pan goes from a daylight shot of the grounds to what appears to be a special effects situation involving back lighting of the scene. "A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Porter, Edwin S. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Smith, James Blair - White, James H. (James Henry) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Feeney, Aidan - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls
A 360 degree pan of Niagara Falls during the extremely severe winter of 1903-04; the camera was positioned on or near the ice frozen over the top of the rapids created by the Falls, panning over the Falls, the frozen area, both banks and the full cantilever suspension bridge between Canada and the U.S. People can be seen walking on the ice.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Porter, Edwin S. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Krom, James - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
Star Theatre
Star Theater
Using time-lapse photography, the film shows the demolition of the famous Star Theatre. Judging from the various exposures, the work must have gone on for a period of approximately thirty days. The theater opened in 1861 as "Wallack's Theatre," and was re-christened the "Star" in 1883. It was well known for it's excellent productions, and a number of celebrated actors and actresses worked there,…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Armitage, F. S. - Simpson, Andrew - Demarco, Michael Gregory
Date:2023
Film, Video
Won by a fish
Harry teases his girl's father about his bad luck with fishing and is consequently forbidden to see his girl. The next day, Dad goes fishing again. After he leaves, the young couple goes for a walk. They pass a fish market and get an idea for solving their problem with her father. They buy a huge fish, and go down to the dock where…
Contributor:
Evans, Frank - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Biograph Company - Henderson, Grace - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Dillon, Edward - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Hennessy, George - Sennett, Mack ...
Evans, Frank - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Biograph Company - Henderson, Grace - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Dillon, Edward - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Hennessy, George - Sennett, Mack - Toncray, Kate - Simpson, Andrew - Lyons, Christian - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Lee, Florence - Henderson, Dell - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - Butler, William J.
Date:2023
Film, Video
Basket ball, Missouri Valley College
"The subject is a basketball game played between teams of girls. The film shows a section of a basketball court in the foreground, the backboard, and the basket. In the background is a three-story brick schoolbuilding"--Early motion pictures.
Contributor:
Russman, Mary - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Weed, A. E. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa
Copyrighted as: As in a looking glass
"This is a companion picture to "Tommy's Ringing Good Joke." Tommy ties a cord to his Grandfather's chair and fastens it to a bureau in the next room. The maid attempts to open the drawer and upsets the old gentleman, with disastrous results"--Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 86.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Rexine, Elizabeth - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Armitage, F. S. - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
The enchanted drawing
"Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly draws on the paper a clever sketch of a bottle of wine and a goblet, and then, to the surprise of all, actually removes them from the paper on which…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Blackton, James Stuart - Vitagraph Company of America - Brown, Matthew R. - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
[The girl from Montana--excerpts]
The daughter of a rancher and a cowboy fall in love. An Easterner, a rival for the girl's affection, is rebuffed the girl. Angry and vengeful, he steals the father's horse, persuading the rancher that the cowboy is the horse thief. A mob of townfolk ride to the cowboy's place and find the stolen horse, left there by the embittered Easterner. The mob seizes…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Selig, William N. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Perry, Pansy - Hough, Sarah Norcross - Selig Polyscope Company - Anderson, Gilbert M. - Simpson, Andrew
Date:2023
Film, Video
Bob Kick, the mischievous kid
Bob Kick, an adult dressed as a toddler, is led into the room by two nursemaids who are also carrying a baby. A soldier appears in the room and the nursemaids take the baby and go off with him, leaving Bob alone. He plays with a toy horse and bounces a ball until he spies a bottle of wine. He drinks it all and…
2 A. M. in the subway
Opens on a set of a subway platform, with two tracks on either side and stairs leading up to the exit. A policeman stretches wearily and sits on a box, as a uniformed conductor awaits a train. A subway car arrives on the left track and a well-dressed man exits with his arms around two well-dressed women. They laugh and stumble, having a hilarious…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Balance Campaign (Musical Group) - Amundson, Kristian - Bitzer, G. W. - Simpson, Andrew
Film, VideoFrankenstein "While he is in college, Frankenstein decides he must attempt to make a perfect human being. The being he creates is given life in a vat of burning chemicals. On the day Frankenstein weds his sweetheart, who has been living patiently at home, he sees the monster he created reflected in a mirror. Having disappeared, the monster returns to his creator to gain acceptance.…
Film, VideoHell-bound train "A car-by-car dramatization of the sins of the Jazz Age (including gambling, dancing, alcohol, and the mistreatment of animals), presided over by a horned devil, culminating in a colossal derailment"--Kino Now WWW site.
Film, VideoThe Flying Ace Capt. Billy Stokes, a World War I pilot known as the Flying Ace, returns home a hero and resumes his former job as a railroad detective. His first task is to solve the mystery of a missing payroll agent, Blair Kimball, and a satchel holding $25,000. He thinks the payroll agent has taken the money. He also suspects another pilot, Finley Tucker, of being…
Film, VideoPan-American Exposition by night The film begins with a slow pan over the tower building of the exposition, which was lighted by electric lights. The pan goes from a daylight shot of the grounds to what appears to be a special effects situation involving back lighting of the scene. "A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the…
Film, VideoCrossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls A 360 degree pan of Niagara Falls during the extremely severe winter of 1903-04; the camera was positioned on or near the ice frozen over the top of the rapids created by the Falls, panning over the Falls, the frozen area, both banks and the full cantilever suspension bridge between Canada and the U.S. People can be seen walking on the ice.
Film, VideoStar Theatre
Film, VideoWon by a fish Harry teases his girl's father about his bad luck with fishing and is consequently forbidden to see his girl. The next day, Dad goes fishing again. After he leaves, the young couple goes for a walk. They pass a fish market and get an idea for solving their problem with her father. They buy a huge fish, and go down to the dock where…
Film, VideoBasket ball, Missouri Valley College "The subject is a basketball game played between teams of girls. The film shows a section of a basketball court in the foreground, the backboard, and the basket. In the background is a three-story brick schoolbuilding"--Early motion pictures.
Film, VideoHow Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa
Film, VideoThe enchanted drawing "Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly draws on the paper a clever sketch of a bottle of wine and a goblet, and then, to the surprise of all, actually removes them from the paper on which…
Film, Video[The girl from Montana--excerpts] The daughter of a rancher and a cowboy fall in love. An Easterner, a rival for the girl's affection, is rebuffed the girl. Angry and vengeful, he steals the father's horse, persuading the rancher that the cowboy is the horse thief. A mob of townfolk ride to the cowboy's place and find the stolen horse, left there by the embittered Easterner. The mob seizes…
Film, VideoBob Kick, the mischievous kid Bob Kick, an adult dressed as a toddler, is led into the room by two nursemaids who are also carrying a baby. A soldier appears in the room and the nursemaids take the baby and go off with him, leaving Bob alone. He plays with a toy horse and bounces a ball until he spies a bottle of wine. He drinks it all and…
Film, Video2 A. M. in the subway Opens on a set of a subway platform, with two tracks on either side and stairs leading up to the exit. A policeman stretches wearily and sits on a box, as a uniformed conductor awaits a train. A subway car arrives on the left track and a well-dressed man exits with his arms around two well-dressed women. They laugh and stumble, having a hilarious…