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Film, Video Opening, Pan-American Exposition Title in Edison films catalog: Opening of the Pan-American Exposition on May 20th, 1901

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About this Item

Title

  • Opening, Pan-American Exposition

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog: Opening of the Pan-American Exposition on May 20th, 1901

Summary

  • "This is a great historical event. Our cameras were stationed in the center of the Esplanade looking toward the Main Approach to the Pan-American Exposition, with the Triumphal Bridge, and the entrance in the foreground. The procession, headed by Vice-President Roosevelt, enters the Main Approach, passes over the Triumphal Bridge, down to the center of the Esplanade directly in front of our camera, when it wheels to the left and passes into the Temple of Music. The participants in the head of the parade are made up of distinguished people, such as Senator Hanna, of Ohio, Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, Governor Odell, of New York, and Mr. Conrad Biehl [i.e., Diehl], Mayor of Buffalo. The military division of the parade is headed by Louis Babcock, Grand Marshal of the Exposition parade, followed by his aides, Lyman M. Bass, Dr. John A. Smith, Sherman R. Hall, Dr. Harry Meade, Evan Hollister, Frederick DeP. Townsend, Robert W. Pomeroy, Henry Robbas, Captain H.A. Bull, James McC. Mitchell, Roland Crangle, George W. Gillette, Edward M. Mills. These are followed by the first division, consisting of the 71st Regiment Band, Brigadier General S. L. Welch [i.e., Samuel Manning Welch], commanding the 4th Brigade, N.G.N.Y., and staff. This picture was taken on the official opening day, May 20th, when there were 106,000 people on the grounds, and the picture is greatly enhanced by the great crowds passing to and fro. Length 125 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  Hanna, Marcus Alonzo,--1837-1904
  • -  Gallinger, Jacob H.--(Jacob Harold),--1837-1918
  • -  Odell, Benjamin B.--(Benjamin Barker),--1854-1926
  • -  Diehl, Conrad,--1843-1918
  • -  Babcock, Louis L.,--1868-1956
  • -  Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
  • -  Esplanade (Pan-American Exposition, 1901, Buffalo, N.Y.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H4637 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 28May1901; H4637.
  • -  Duration: 1:48 at 15 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1753) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 232; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 763; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July, 1901, p. 3, viewed online June 6, 2016 via the New Jersey Digital Highway WWW site.
  • -  Photographed May 20, 1901. Location: Buffalo, New York.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4767 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9416 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1776 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5200 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0549 (master pos pic)
  • FPE 5201 (master pos pic)
  • FPE 5290 (master pos pic, copy 2)
  • Box 0067D (paper pos)
  • Box 5149B (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

  • 00694337

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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