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    Panorama 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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    Champs 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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    Panorama 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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    Eiffel 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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    [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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    Panorama 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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    Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition
    Title in Edison films catalog: Scene in the Swiss Village at the Paris Exposition
    "The picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marching down the street in this very unique and picturesque village. Each happy and smiling face is clearly shown as they pass the camera. The scene ends by the boys and girls congregating in the square and dancing to the strains of an accordion played by one of the...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1900
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    Swiss 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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    Palace 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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    Panoramic view of the Place de l'Concord [sic]
    Title in Edison films catalog: Panoramic view of the Place de la Concorde
    "Taken from an automobile. This picture was taken during the fashionable driving hour, making a complete circle of the Place de la Concorde, passing hundreds of carriages and busses. The beginning of the picture shows the historical church of the Madeleine in the background, the picture ending by approaching and running under the main entrance to the Paris Exposition. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog, no....
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1900
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    Panorama 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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    Scene 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