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Film, Video Excavating for a New York foundation Title from Biograph production log: Lifting a wagon from a New York foundation / Lifting a wagon from a New York foundation

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About this Item

Title

  • Excavating for a New York foundation

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph production log: Lifting a wagon from a New York foundation
  • Lifting a wagon from a New York foundation

Summary

  • The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown dumping rubble at the end of the film New York City Dumping Wharf. Advertisements and campaign posters can be seen on the exposed wall of the building in the background.

Names

  • Weed, A. E. camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Excavation--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Cranes, derricks, etc.--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Construction equipment--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Building sites--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Construction workers--New York (State)--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H38561 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25Nov1903; H38561.
  • -  Camera, A.E. Weed.
  • -  Duration: 2:28 at 15 fps.
  • -  Filmed on November 6, 1903 on Broadway and 26th Street. in New York, N.Y.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2684.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2015) 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. 94; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 598; Biograph production log, v. 2, p. 20-21; Biograph photo catalog, vol. 6, No.'s 2583-3007, viewed online, August 1, 2016, via the New Jersey Digital Highway.
  • -  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 5553 to FZA 2337.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (68 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (68 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 70 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5029 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9815 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1990 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2337(dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0538 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0280B (paper pos)
  • Box 5214C (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

  • 00694384

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Weed, A. E. Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Excavating for a New York foundation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694384/.

APA citation style:

Weed, A. E. C., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1903) Excavating for a New York foundation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694384/.

MLA citation style:

Weed, A. E. Camera, et al. Excavating for a New York foundation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694384/>.