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Film, VideoGoing to the fire "This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the country, present a thrilling spectacle as they dash rapidly by, flecked with foam, and panting from the exertion of their long gallop"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Heise, William - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1896
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Film, Video[Newark athlete. No. 1]
Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Club swinger, no. 1 | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Indian club swinger | Variant LC title: Early Edison camera tests | Variant LC title: Newark athlete Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Edison Collection (Library of Congress) - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Heise, William
- Date: 1891
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Film, VideoNewark athlete. [No. 2]
Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Club swinger | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Indian club swinger | Variant LC title: Newark athlete Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Film reoriented by Gordon Hendricks.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
- Date: 1891
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Film, VideoPhil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oakland, California, 2011 September 01 Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)), protesting at the White Rice Inn in Maryland, and working with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He discusses moving to Newark, New Jersey, to work for SNCC, Students for...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Hutchings, Phil
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoThe ball game Photographed from one camera position behind home plate, the film shows a baseball game in progress. The Reading pitcher has just let a Newark batter walk to first. He gets up on his toes, ready to head for second base. The next batter up cracks first ball pitched for a two bagger, and races for the base with a burst of speed. The first...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
- Date: 1898
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Film, VideoJunius W. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Newark, New Jersey, 2011 July 20 Junius Williams recalls growing up in Richmond, Virginia, attending Amherst College, and joining the student group Students for Racial Equality. He remembers attending the March on Washington, organizing a civil rights conference at Mount Holyoke, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses traveling with other students to the Selma to Montgomery March, being arrested at the march with Worth Long,...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Williams, Junius W.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoHockey match on the ice "The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys [i.e., hockey sticks] and trying to hit the disc toward the goal. 150 feet"--Edison films catalog.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
- Date: 1898