Collection Items
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Film, VideoDelivering newspapers
Distributing a war extra | Delivering a war extra on Union Square | World news wagon The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Marvin, Arthur W.
- Date: 1899-01-01
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Film, VideoSkating on lake, Central Park
Skating in Central Park | Skating in Central Park, N.Y. City | Skating on 72nd St. lake Central Park The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.- Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1902-01-01
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Film, VideoWomen of the ghetto bathing
Title from Biograph production log: Ladies day at public baths | Title from American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalog: Ladies day at the public baths The subject is a group of women and girls in a public swimming pool wearing turn-of the-century bathing attire. Many women and girls are playing in the pool, while others climb out and jump into the pool. The water in the the pool appears to be about four feet deep and the pool is very crowded. According the Biograph picture catalogue, the scene takes...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Marvin, Arthur W.
- Date: 1902
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Film, VideoBoat race
Title from Biograph production log: U. S. N. Dept., boat race--"Indiana" | Variant title from Biograph production log: Boat race "Indiana" Two standard U.S. Navy eight-oar pulling boats, each commanded by a coxswain at the steering position in the stern, are seen abeam of one another. At a signal, both pulling boats begin moving and it can be seen that the camera was positioned on a vessel following the two competing pulling boats. The camera stays with the two boats until their destination is disclosed...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - McCutcheon, Wallace - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoBuffalo Bill's Wild West parade
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, and soldiers in the uniform of the United States Cavalry on horseback and riding horse-drawn coaches. Buffalo Bill can be seen on horseback, lifting his hat to the crowd.- Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901-01-01
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Film, VideoShooting the Chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island
Title from Biograph production log: Shooting the Chutes, Luna Park "The camera was positioned to view the Shoot-the-Chutes concession from the best location. A special added attraction for the entertainment of the spectators is a man in a swimming suit who rides down the Shoot-the-Chutes on one ski"--Early motion pictures.- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1903
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Film, VideoAuto boat race on the Hudson "The new-fangled high-speed launches which are now the fad of sporting millionaires make an admirable subject for the moving picture camera, and this film shows the best of them in a race for the American championship, the prize being a massive solid gold cup. Among the boats shown are W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s "Hard Boiled Egg," "The Standard," which won the championship, and has never...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoAutomobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup
Variant title from Biograph production logs: International auto race--Vanderbilt Cup | Variant title from Biograph photo catalog v. 6: Internat'l automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup | Variant title from the AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910: International automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup | Variant title from Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 225: Great international automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup | Variant title from Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 257: Vanderbilt Cup races "By special arrangement with the committee of the Automobile Club of America, we were given preferred positions at three different points on the course during the automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup. A most exciting picture throughout, showing the most dramatic features of the event. As a picture it is much more interesting than any automobile race that has ever been made, as apparently...- Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoChildren in the surf, Coney Island "Seven small children can be seen from the low angle camera position; the camera is pointed out to sea. The children are holding hands and wading in the surf. Beyond them can be seen three adults. At the end of the film, there is only one child in a white bathing costume holding a sailboat. Beyond the child toward the ocean is a large...- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoThe Brooklyn Handicap-1904
Variant title from Biograph production logs: Running of the Brooklyn Handicap, 1904 "This is in every respect one of the most interesting horse race pictures ever made. Our photographers had the advantage of a clear day, and the race was one of the greatest ever run in the United States. Having had four cameras at the track, we were able to secure: 1st, A view of the horses leaving the paddock and the parade to the...- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904