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Film, Video Discharging a Whitehead torpedo Title in Edison films catalog: Discharging a torpedo / Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Discharging Whitehead torpedo

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Title

  • Discharging a Whitehead torpedo

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog: Discharging a torpedo
  • Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Discharging Whitehead torpedo

Summary

  • "Taken on board the U.S. torpedo boat "Morris." It shows the crew loading a Whitehead torpedo into the tube and then discharging it. The torpedo can be seen running along the surface of the water for a distance of over half a mile. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900.

Headings

  • -  Morris (Torpedo boat)
  • -  United States.--Navy
  • -  Whitehead torpedoes
  • -  Torpedo-boats--Rhode Island--Newport

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  D10160 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 12May1900; D10160.
  • -  Duration: 1:15 at 16 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1565) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 591-92; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 78; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 27 [MI].
  • -  Filmed ca. late April to early May 1900, at Newport, Rhode Island.
  • -  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 (copy 2) renumbered: FPF 8055 to FZA FZA 3161.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (33 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 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 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 4579 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9742 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1613 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5425 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 3161 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRB 0500 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0675B (paper pos)
  • Box 5576C (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

  • 00694189

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Discharging a Whitehead torpedo. produceds by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694189/.

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Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1900) Discharging a Whitehead torpedo. White, J. H. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694189/.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Discharging a Whitehead torpedo. prod by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694189/>.