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Film, Video Bird's-eye view of dock front, Galveston Title in Edison films catalog: Birds-eye panorama of the dock front, Galveston / Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Galveston dock yard wreck

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Title

  • Bird's-eye view of dock front, Galveston

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog: Birds-eye panorama of the dock front, Galveston
  • Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Galveston dock yard wreck

Summary

  • "Showing dismantled cars, wrecked warehouses, schooners and tugs that had been stranded on the docks; also the tents that had been rigged up for the poor people who had been left entirely homeless. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.
  • "Galveston cyclone series. At the first news of the disaster by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, Sept. 8th, 1900, we equipped a party of photographers and sent them by special train to the scene of the ruins. Arriving at the scene of desolation shortly after the storm had swept over that city, our party succeeded, at the risk of life and limb, in taking about a thousand feet of moving pictures. In spite of the fact that Galveston was under martial law and that the photographers were shot down at sight by the excited police guards, a very wide range of subject has been secured. The series, taken as a whole, will give the entire world a definite idea of the terrible disaster, unequaled since the Johnstown flood of 1889"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera
  • Vitagraph Company of America
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900.

Headings

  • -  Hurricane damage--Texas--Galveston
  • -  Flood damage--Texas--Galveston
  • -  Docks--Texas--Galveston
  • -  Hurricanes--Texas--Galveston

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  D18561 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24Sept1900; D18561.
  • -  Duration: 1:08 at 16 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1054) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 635; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 30; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 14-16 [MI].
  • -  Camera, Albert E. Smith.
  • -  Filmed between September 11-19, 1900, in Galveston, Texas.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5422 to FZA 3079.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft. ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4068 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9509 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1252 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 3079 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0116A (paper pos)
  • Box 5083G (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694153

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Bird's-eye view of dock front, Galveston. produceds by Smith, Albert E. , Uction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694153/.

APA citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1900) Bird's-eye view of dock front, Galveston. Smith, A. E., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694153/.

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Vitagraph Company Of America, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Bird's-eye view of dock front, Galveston. prod by Smith, Albert E. , Uction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694153/>.