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Film, VideoTaking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio
Title from Edison films catalog, no. 135: Body leaving the train at Canton, Ohio | Title from Edison films catalog, no. 225: Body leaving the train, Canton, Ohio | Body leaving the train at Canton, Ohio | Body leaving the train, Canton, Ohio "Here, as in the other pictures, we secured a most advantageous location, and we present a life-size view of the casket containing the body of President McKinley as it is slowly and...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoThe martyred presidents "The scene opens with a beautiful woman who represents Columbia seated at the altar of Justice. As if from out of space there slowly appears a perfect and lifelike picture of Abraham...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S.
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoPresident McKinley taking the oath "This film records President McKinley taking the oath of office. The first camera position shows the seating arrangements prepared for the spectators and witnesses on the steps of the Capitol. At the...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoArrival of McKinley's funeral train at Canton, Ohio
Title in Edison films catalog: Funeral train arriving at Canton Station | Funeral train arriving at Canton Station "It is apparent that the camera was placed on a platform of a train station. A steam locomotive pulling several passenger cars can be seen nearing the camera position and coming to...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoPresident McKinley's speech at the Pan-American Exposition
Title from Edison films catalog: President's speech at the Pan-American Exposition | President's speech at the Pan-American Exposition The film begins by showing the introductory speaker at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The speaker introduces the incumbent president of the United States, William F. McKinley. The remainder of the film...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoThe mob outside the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition "The camera was positioned at such a height behind a large group of people outside an exhibit building that mainly hats are visible"--Early motion pictures. On Friday, September 6th, 1901, we had...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoExecution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison The film begins by showing railroad cars in the foreground with the overshadowing walls of a state prison in the background. The second camera position, from a higher elevation, pans slowly showing...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S.
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoJapanese Village "At the beginning of the film, at a distance of about one-hundred feet, is a two-story building with a balcony, some tropical plants, and a telephone pole. A young Japanese man appears...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoPresident McKinley and escort going to the Capitol "The film begins by showing military personnel on horseback. The camera was positioned on a side street and photographed representatives of several different companies of American cavalry. Just as the film ends,...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S. - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoFuneral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 135: President McKinley's body leaving the house and church | President McKinley's body leaving the house and church "In this picture we show a most perfect view of the front entrance of the McKinley home in the background. The hearse which is to bear the President's body to its last...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901
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Film, VideoMcKinley's funeral entering Westlawn Cemetery, Canton [Ohio]
McKinley's funeral entering West Lawn Cemetery, Canton | Title from Edison films catalog: Funeral cortege entering Westlawn Cemetery at Canton, Ohio | Funeral cortege entering Westlawn Cemetery at Canton, Ohio "Funeral Cortege Entering Westlawn Cemetary at Canton, Ohio. Another of our cameras is in an excellent position at the entrance to the Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio, and as the funeral procession approaches,...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901