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Film, Video Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island Immigrants landing at Ellis Island / Emigrants landing at Ellis Island

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Title

  • Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island

Other Title

  • Immigrants landing at Ellis Island
  • Emigrants landing at Ellis Island

Summary

  • "Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. A most interesting and typical scene. Length 140 feet"-Edison films catalog.
  • The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.

Names

  • Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille), 1878-1950, camera.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.

Headings

  • -  Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • -  Immigrants--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H33775 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
  • -  Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
  • -  Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1591) was changed when paper positive was rehoused.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Photographed July 9, 1903.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Source used: Niver's Early motion pictures, p. 89.
  • -  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 5354 to FZA 2309.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (63 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (168 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (63 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (168 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 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 4605 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9433 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2839 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2309 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0853A (paper pos)
  • Box 5532A (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

  • 00694367

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Abadie, Alfred C. , Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Emigrants i.e. immigrants landing at Ellis Island. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694367/.

APA citation style:

Abadie, A. C., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Emigrants i.e. immigrants landing at Ellis Island. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694367/.

MLA citation style:

Abadie, Alfred C. , Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Emigrants i.e. immigrants landing at Ellis Island. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694367/>.