Search Films, Videos

  • Film, Video
    Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation This film employs a 180-degree pan shot of the excavation site of New York's Pennsylvania Station, and includes shots of the narrow-gauge train used to haul debris from the tunnels under construction. Work began in 1904, and when completed in September of 1910 the station would span from 31st to 33rd Streets, and from 7th to 8th Avenue, an area of approximately 300,000 square...
    • Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1905-01-01
  • Film, Video
    New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 2 "This is a new negative showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York, in which the immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky. The best picture of the Brooklyn Bridge yet secured. 150 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: 1899
  • Film, Video
    Panorama of Flatiron Building
    Eighth wonder | Flatiron Building panorama
    This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to New York's famous skyscraper, the Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building, with a panorama of the surroundings. The cameraman elevates his camera, going from street level to the roof.
    • Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bonine, R. (Robert K.)
    • Date: 1902-01-01
  • Film, Video
    Racing at Sheepshead Bay "The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by famous Clifford, Sloane up. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1897
  • Film, Video
    McKinley and party
    Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue [MI]: President McKinley's inspection of Camp Wikoff
    "This picture has been very popular wherever it has been shown on the Biograph. To begin with, the film is unusually fine photographically, and the picture is taken from a point of view which shows the immense distances of Camp Wikoff with its multitude of tents in the background. The President, with Vice-President Hobart and Secretary of War Russell A. Alger, appear in an...
    • Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope Company
    • Date: 1898
  • Film, Video
    Statue of Liberty A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was erected twelve years earlier, in 1886.
    • Contributor: American Vitagraph Company - Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward) - Blackton, James Stuart - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1898-01-01
  • Film, Video
    TR's funeral at Oyster Bay, 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt's funeral at Oyster Bay, 1919
    Views of Christ Episcopal Church, the funeral procession, and Youngs Memorial Cemetery during the funeral of Theodore Roosevelt on January 8, 1919, in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Medium close shot of specially delegated New York City mounted police guards, followed by hearse, passing on road in front of church; long shot at church entrance of flag-draped casket being placed in hearse, with line of funeral...
    • Contributor: Wood, Leonard - Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon) - Talmadge, George E. - Marshall, Thomas R. (Thomas Riley) - Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch) - March, Peyton Conway - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Winslow, Cameron McRae - Universal Film Manufacturing Company
    • Date: 1919
  • Film, Video
    TR speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore Hill, 1916
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore Hill, 1916
    On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate their support of TR for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of TR addressing the large crowd assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - International Newsreel Corporation - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1916
  • Film, Video
    Opening, Pan-American Exposition
    Title in Edison films catalog: Opening of the Pan-American Exposition on May 20th, 1901
    "This is a great historical event. Our cameras were stationed in the center of the Esplanade looking toward the Main Approach to the Pan-American Exposition, with the Triumphal Bridge, and the entrance in the foreground. The procession, headed by Vice-President Roosevelt, enters the Main Approach, passes over the Triumphal Bridge, down to the center of the Esplanade directly in front of our camera, when...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1901
  • Film, Video
    Buffalo police on parade "A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band"--Edison films catalog.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1897
  • Film, Video
    "Columbia" winning the Cup "The decisive moment in the great International Yacht Races is shown in this picture. Against a background of well defined clouds, the Light Boat is seen marking the finishing line in this great aquatic struggle. As the Columbia crosses the line, followed closely by the Shamrock, we see the steam from the whistle of the Light Ship announcing the well earned victory of the...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - American Vitagraph Company - Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward) - Blackton, James Stuart
    • Date: 1899-01-01
  • Film, Video
    General Goethals. Catalog Record Only General George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal and New York State fuel administrator, resigned his state position on April 1, 1923. Film contains two scenes of Goethals: long shot of him standing on stairs of a building in New York City and a close-up of him talking.
    • Contributor: Fox Film Corporation - Fox, William - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1923
  • Film, Video
    Arrival of emigrants [i.e. immigrants], Ellis Island
    Arrival of immigrants, Ellis Island | Arrival of emigrants, Ellis Island
    Depicts scenes at the Immigration Depot and a nearby dock on Ellis Island. Appears to show, first, a group of immigrants lined up to board a vessel leaving the island, then another group arriving at the island and being directed off of the dock and into the Depot by a uniformed official.
    • Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1906-01-01
  • Film, Video
    Columbia" and "Shamrock II" turning the outer stake boat "One of the two sailboat contenders for the America's Cup is visible. The distance from the camera to the ship is about a mile. However, the crew of the leading vessel can be seen preparing her to come about. The film shows the leading vessel can be seen preparing her to come about. The film shows the leading vessel making her turn at about...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1901
  • Film, Video
    N.Y. Fire Department returning
    New York Fire Department returning | Return of the fire departmant | Return of N.Y. Fire Dept
    Shows several pieces of horse-drawn fire vehicles in motion: two hook-and-ladders [Frame: 0114, 0905]; two steam pumpers [0373, 1111]; a rescue wagon [0549]. Children hang onto the back of some of the vehicles [0195, 0970].
    • Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903-01-01
  • Film, Video
    Admiral Dewey leading land parade
    Admiral Dewey leading land parade, no. 1 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    "On Riverside Drive; showing Naval Brigade of North Atlantic Fleet, followed by Schley, Sampson, Miles, and other celebrities. The Admiral is in carriage with Mayor Van Wyck"--Edison films catalog no. 94.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1899
  • Film, Video
    Panoramic view of floral float "Olympia" Catalog Record Only "The photographer mounted his camera on a boat in order to photograph a float built on a barge in honor of the arrival of Admiral Dewey. During the film, the float comes near enough to the camera for the details to be clearly visible"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1899
  • Film, Video
    TR's funeral at Oyster Bay, January 1919 [1]
    Theodore Roosevelt's funeral at Oyster Bay, January 1919 [1] Catalog Record Only
    Views of TR's funeral on January 8, 1919, at Christ Episcopal Church and Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York. Long shots of crowds on snow-covered church grounds; cars at front entrance of church; men and women filing up steep cemetery path to TR's grave site; side view of former President William Howard Taft (1909-1913) and unidentified men on cemetery grounds.
    • Contributor: Lee, A. - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
  • Film, Video
    Shall we prepare?
    Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR speaking at Sagamore | Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR in Metropolitan Magazine office, 1916 | Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Sagamore | Theodore Roosevelt in Metropolitan Magazine office, 1916
    Two sequences of TR: Sequence 1: views of TR walking onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness during WWI; Sequence 2: views of TR sitting at his desk in the Metropolitan Magazine office in New York City and speaking with a man who may be Carl Hovey, editor of the magazine.
    • Contributor: Hovey, Carl - Bray Studios - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Paramount Pictures Corporation
    • Date: 1916
  • Film, Video
    Little Annie Rooney Catalog Record Only Little Annie Rooney leads her gang of boys in a series of comic battles with a rival gang in the slums of New York's lower East Side. Unexpected tragedy strikes when her policeman father is shot and killed at a dance and Annie attempts to save an innocent suspect, whom she loves, from the wrath of her older brother who has sworn revenge.
    • Contributor: Mohr, Hal - Lighton, Louis D. (Louis Duryea) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Perry, William P. - Killiam Shows, Inc - O'Donnell, Spec - Rudolph, Oscar - Beaudine, William - Pickford, Mary - Griffith, Gordon ... Mohr, Hal - Lighton, Louis D. (Louis Duryea) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Perry, William P. - Killiam Shows, Inc - O'Donnell, Spec - Rudolph, Oscar - Beaudine, William - Pickford, Mary - Griffith, Gordon - Malkames, Karl - Jackson, Eugene W. - Butterworth, Joe - Fay, Hugh - Loring, Hope - Mary Pickford Company - Vale, Vola - McNamara, Tom - Haines, William - Rosher, Charles - McLernon, Harold - Hennessey, Catherine
    • Date: 1978
  • Film, Video
    Vizcaya" under full headway
    Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue: Spanish battleship "Viscaya"
    "A splendid picture of the pride of the Spanish navy, taken on the occasion of her visit to New York Harbor, when her captain hinted at his ability to blow holes through New York's skyscrapers. In this picture the vessel makes a very beautiful appearance steaming out to sea under full headway. But what a contrast to a later Biograph picture when the vessel...
    • Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope Company
    • Date: 1898
  • Film, Video
    A Tough dance
    Shooting title from Biograph production logs: Dance at McGurks | Title in Biograph photo catalog: "Tough dance" at McGurks
    From either side of a white, apparently outdoors, setting enter a man and woman, both wearing ragged street clothes and caps. As they approach center stage, the man grabs the woman's arm and pulls her to him, then slaps her. Still holding her arm, the man and his partner cockily strut towards the camera. The man grabs the woman in a crouched, bear-hug type...
    • Contributor: Kid Foley - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Sailor Lil - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bonine, R. (Robert K.)
    • Date: 1902
  • Film, Video
    Buffalo Fire Department in action "Another of those stirring fire scenes which have proved so popular. There are ten pieces of apparatus in the picture. Every piece fully manned is under full headway, and is shown almost head-on to the beholder. Several of the engines and wagons are drawn by three horses abreast. Fireman appear putting on their coats, etc., while the engines and trucks rush by. Many of...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William - White, James H. (James Henry)
    • Date: 1897
  • Film, Video
    Fireboat "New Yorker" in action
    Fireboat "New Yorker" in action--excerpts
    A demonstration by the famous fireboat "New Yorker." The picture shows the fireboat with all its nozzles spurting water as it goes back and forth in front of the camera. Put in service on February 1, 1891 as Engine Company 57, the "New Yorker" was stationed at the Battery near Castle Garden, where her crew lived aboard. She was 125 feet long, 25 feet...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Smith, James Blair
    • Date: 1903-01-01
  • Film, Video
    Scenes of Oyster Bay. Catalog Record Only Various scenes of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and surrounding area, commissioned by the RMA as part of its efforts to establish a memorial park in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Most prominent views are of mid-town intersection of East Main St. and South St., and area around Oyster Bay railroad station, which borders on park site. Various shots of intersection, in some of which campaign banners...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Ruby - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1924