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Film, Video Caicedo (with pole) Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Caicedo / Title from AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910: Caciedo / Erroneous title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Caceido

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About this Item

Title

  • Caicedo (with pole)

Other Title

  • Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Caicedo
  • Title from AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910: Caciedo
  • Erroneous title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Caceido

Summary

  • "King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94.

Names

  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production
  • Heise, William, camera
  • Caicedo, Juan A., 1861-1920, performer
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]

Headings

  • -  Aerialists
  • -  Tightrope walking

Genre

  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Duration: 0:19 at 30 fps.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 108; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 143; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March, 1900, p. 24, viewed online November 30, 2018 via the New Jersey Digital Highway WWW site.
  • -  Caicedo (with pole) MAVIS 180325.
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Performer: Juan A. Caicedo.
  • -  Filmed July 25, 1894, at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8115 to FYA 3745.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FYA 3745 (viewing print)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694115

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Caicedo With Pole. performeds by Caicedo, Juan A, produceds by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694115/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Hendricks. (1894) Caicedo With Pole. Caicedo, J. A., performer, Dickson, W. K. -., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694115/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Caicedo With Pole. performer by Caicedo, Juan A, prod by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694115/>.