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    Hockey match on the ice "The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys [i.e., hockey sticks] and trying to hit the disc toward the goal. 150 feet"--Edison films catalog.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
    • Date: 1898
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    [Newark athlete. No. 1]
    Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Club swinger, no. 1 | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Indian club swinger | Variant LC title: Early Edison camera tests | Variant LC title: Newark athlete
    Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Edison Collection (Library of Congress) - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Heise, William
    • Date: 1891
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    Going to the fire "This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the country, present a thrilling spectacle as they dash rapidly by, flecked with foam, and panting from the exertion of their long gallop"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Heise, William - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1896
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    Ceiling zero Catalog Record Only Jake Lee, the hard-driving boss for Newark's Federal Airlines, rehires his old friend, Dizzy Davis, an ace pilot, against the wishes of company supervisor, Al Stone. Dizzy, known for his daredevil flying and success with women, goes after female flyer, Tommy Thomas. To advance his romance, Dizzy feigns heart trouble and sends his best friend, Texas Clark, on a dangerous flight. Tex's plane crashes...
    • Contributor: Hawks, Howard - Warner Bros. Pictures - First National Pictures, Inc - Travis, June - O'Brien, Pat - Cosmopolitan Productions - Wead, Frank W. (Frank Wilber) - Cagney, James - United Artists Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1936
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    Newark athlete. [No. 2]
    Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Club swinger | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Indian club swinger | Variant LC title: Newark athlete
    Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film reoriented by Gordon Hendricks.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
    • Date: 1891
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    The Selig-tribune. No. 101 Catalog Record Only In Sacramento, Governor Johnson drives the first stake for California's new $10,000,000 canal. The Southern Commercial Congress opens with a parade of the National Guard, sailors and cadets in Norfolk, Virginia. Congressman Adamson of Georgia, Sen. Fernald of Maine and Sen. Jim Watson of Indiana pose in front of congressional office buildings in Washington, D.C. In New York City, "Open Window" and "Walk to...
    • Contributor: Afi/Knaack (William) Collection (Library of Congress) - Selig Polyscope Company - General Film Company
    • Date: 1916
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    Pathé's weekly. No. 65 Catalog Record Only Copyright: no reg. Date and identification number for Pathé's weekly from interior titles. Releasing company from Moving picture world, v. 18, p. 678. Reel count taken from Motography, v. 10, p. 375. Moving picture world, v. 18, p. 772. Moving picture world, v. 18, p. 772 lists a segment which does not appear on film and the comic section in film is not mentioned...
    • Contributor: Pathéplay (Firm) - Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1913
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    Wise guys Catalog Record Only PA304-270 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: M G M Entertainment Co. DCR 1985; PUB 18Apr86; REG 9Jul86; PA304-270. Executive producer, Irwin Russo ; associate producer, Patrick McCormick ; music by Ira Newborn ; edited by Jerry Greenberg ; director of photography, Fred Shuler. Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey. New York times, 4/18/86, p. C8. Reference sources used: Variety, 4/23/86; New York times,...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Piscopo, Joe - Devito, Danny - Gallo, George - De Palma, Brian
    • Date: 1986
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    Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oakland, California, 2011 September 01 Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)), protesting at the White Rice Inn in Maryland, and working with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He discusses moving to Newark, New Jersey, to work for SNCC, Students for...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Hutchings, Phil
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Junius W. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Newark, New Jersey, 2011 July 20 Junius Williams recalls growing up in Richmond, Virginia, attending Amherst College, and joining the student group Students for Racial Equality. He remembers attending the March on Washington, organizing a civil rights conference at Mount Holyoke, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses traveling with other students to the Selma to Montgomery March, being arrested at the march with Worth Long,...
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Williams, Junius W.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Beyond the bricks Catalog Record Only Follows African American students Shaquiel Ingram and Erick Graham as they struggle to stay on track in the Newark, NJ public school system. Weaved into the boys stories is commentary from some of the countries foremost scholars and experts focused on African-American boys and their education including Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Schott Foundation President Dr. John Jackson, among others....
    • Contributor: Washington Koen Media Productions - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, Ouida - Koen, Derek
    • Date: 2010
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    The ball game Photographed from one camera position behind home plate, the film shows a baseball game in progress. The Reading pitcher has just let a Newark batter walk to first. He gets up on his toes, ready to head for second base. The next batter up cracks first ball pitched for a two bagger, and races for the base with a burst of speed. The first...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
    • Date: 1898