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Film, VideoSwiss village, no. 2 "The scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the native peasantry of Switzerland returning from their daily occupation--watching the herds. After driving the cattle to their shelter, the boys and girls congregate in front of the old barn and go through a native dance, to the amusement of the spectators. These pictures are marvelously clear and...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoTR in Vincennes, France, 1910
Theodore Roosevelt in Vincennes, France, 1910 Catalog Record Only TR, fulfilling one of the required duties of a visiting statesman, reviews French troops and observes military maneuvers at Vincennes, France on April 27, 1910. General Jean B. Dalstein, Military Governor of Paris, TR, and Robert Bacon, American Ambassador to France, are mounted on horses and lead a party of French soldiers through a portion of the courtyard of the Château de Vincennes; the...- Contributor: Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1910
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Film, VideoEiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace "The single camera position is from the top of a building identified as the Trocadero Palace; the camera is pointed toward the Eiffel Tower. The film shows only up to the first arch of the Eiffel Tower"--Early motion pictures.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoEmbarquement des filets de pêche
Loading fishnets | Embarquement de filets | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Men on the docks of Marseille load fishing boats with nets.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoPanorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine
Title in Edison films catalog: Paris Exhibition viewed from the Seine "This panoramic scene is taken from a Seine steamboat and gives a rapid view of the banks of the river. The launch steams under six bridges and past the Street of Nations. The United States Building is a prominent white domed structure, gay with national flags. The picture ends at the famous three million dollar bridge, the Point [i.e., Pont] Alexander III. 375 feet"--Edison...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoAn Aeroplane disaster near Paris, May 21, 1911 Catalog Record Only Shows the airplane crash at the Issy-les-Moulineaux airfield near Paris on May 21, 1911, that killed Henri Maurice Berteaux, French Minister of War, and injured Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis, Premier of France; Antoine Monis, the premier's son; and Henri Deutsch, a patron of aviation. The crash occurs at the start of an air race between the cities of Paris and Madrid.
- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - George Kleine (Firm) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1911
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Film, VideoBreaking of the crowd at military review at Longchamps
Title in Edison films catalog: Breaking up of the crowds at military review at Long Champs | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Breaking up of the crowd at military review at Long Champs This picture shows thousands of people leaving their seats in the grand stand and going across the parade grounds toward Paris. A very sharp and clear picture. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoLourdes, sortie de l'église du Rosaire
Sortie de l'église du Rosaire | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française | Lourdes, leaving the Church of the Rosary People come out the doors and down the steps of the Church of the Rosary in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoPanorama of Eiffel Tower
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Panoramic view of the Eiffel Tower taken from the outside "Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background, looking down Champs de Mars. A most realistic picture. 90 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, Video[Procession at Séville and bullfighting scenes]
En Espagne | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française | Procession à Séville et scènes de corrida Shorts documenting a religious procession in Séville, Spain, bullfights in Séville, Spain, and bullfights in France (Béziers and Nîmes) during the late 19th century.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1898-01-01
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Film, VideoChamps Elysees
Title in Edison films catalog: Driving scene on the Champs Elysees "Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian buses are passing. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoChamps de Mars
Title in Edison films catalog no. 105: Circular panoramic view of the Champs de Mars, no. 2 | Champ de Mars "Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the background. 135 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoEmbarquement d'un cheval
Loading a horse | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française A horse in a wooden crate is lifted off a dock in Marseille by a steam crane and placed into a waiting ship.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoPanorama of Place de l'Opera
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Circular panoramic view of the Place de l'Opera "The busiest square in all Paris. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoLourdes, procession, I
Procession, I | Lourdes, procession, 1 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoPalace of Electricity
Title from Edison films catalog: Circular panoramic view of the Champs de Mars, [no. 1] The camera pans around the Exposition grounds, providing views of the Champs-de-Mars, including a close view of the Palace of Electricity, a partial view of the Eiffle Tower, and views of many visitors to the Exposition.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama from the moving boardwalk
Panoramic view from the moving sidewalk | Panoramic view from the moving sidewalk at the Paris Exposition | Moving sidewalk, no. 2 "The camera is stationed on the middle walk of the Platform Mobile, as the French call it, and gives further views and incidents of this Paris Exposition novelty. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900-01-01
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Film, VideoLourdes, procession, II
Procession, II | Lourdes, procession, 2 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française People carry candles in a procession in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoPanorama of the moving boardwalk
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Panoramic view of the moving sidewalk at the Paris Exposition | Title in Edison films catalog, no. 288: Panoramic view, moving sidewalk, Paris Exposition "This picture was taken from the stationary platform, showing the rapidly moving board walk on the outer edge, which has a speed of five miles per hour; also shows the middle platform moving two and a-half miles per hour, the third platform being stationary. At intervals there are upright posts to steady passengers passing from one platform to the other. By watching these uprights...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoLourdes, transport de malades, I
Transport de malades, I | Lourdes, transport de malades, 1 | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française | Lourdes, transporting the sick, I Patients are conveyed in carriages toward the shrine in Lourdes.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897-01-01
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Film, VideoCourse en sacs
Course en sacs de Louis Lumière | Sack race | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Shows several men participating in a potato sack race as men, women, children, and dogs watch.- Contributor: Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress) - Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Lumière, Louis
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoEsplanade des invalides
Title in Edison films catalog: Circular panoramic view of the Esplanade des Invalides "Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it rests upon the new and beautiful bridge of Alexander III, showing the immense crowds entering the Exposition. 100 ft."--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, Video[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition]
Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française | Scènes du Mexique et de l'Exposition universelle de 1900 á Paris French language translation title is supplied for the France in America project. On one reel/videocassette with 50 other Lumière shorts that were originally cataloged under individual titles in M/B/RS film and television preliminary card catalog. Danse espagnole...was filmed in Paris, France in 1900; Expérience du ballon dirigeable... was filmed in Saint-Cloud, France in 1900. All other films were filmed in Mexico City and Guadalajara,...- Contributor: Exposition Universelle - Veyre, Gabriel - Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress) - Santos-Dumont, Alberto - Díaz, Porfirio
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoScene from the elevator ascending Eiffel Tower
Title in Edison films catalog: Panoramic view from the Eiffel Tower, ascending and descending | Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Scene from the Eiffel Tower, ascending and descending | Variant title from AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910: Eiffel Tower, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 "A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car. This wonderful tower is 1,000 feet in height, and the picture produces a most sensational effect. As the camera leaves the ground and rises to the top of the tower, the enormous white city opens out to the view of...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPêche aux sardines
Sardine fishing | Démaillage sardines | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Men in fishing boats off the coast of France near Marseille remove sardines from fishing nets.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01