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Film, VideoArmy pack train bringing supplies
Variant title from the New York clipper, May 19, 1906: Army of pack train bringing supplies The first segment shows a series of loaded mule trains, guided by mules and horses. Many soldiers ride two-to-a-horse (or mule), possibly to facilitate quick unloading of supplies. Note the "Rough Rider"-style...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1906
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Film, VideoExploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g
Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Building The camera, placed on the east side of 4th Street near Natoma Street, one and two-thirds blocks south of Market Street, pans a full 240 degrees, from southwest to southeast. The pan...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1906
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Film, VideoSan Francisco Chinese funeral Shows most of the ceremonial portion of the funeral procession of Tom Kim Yung, military attache to the Chinese Legation to the United States. The camera looks slightly north of east across...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoTroops embarking at San Francisco Shows troops of the First Regiment, California Volunteers, boarding the Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking to serve in the Philippine theater of the Spanish-American War. The film was shot at the...
- Contributor: Blechynden, Frederick - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1898
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Film, VideoArrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal This film shows the arrest and conveyance of a Chinese man in Chinatown, watched by a crowd of onlookers. The precise date of this film and the arrest charge are uncertain. It...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1897
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Film, VideoLaunch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa"
Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitose" | Variant title from Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900: Launching of Japanese man-of-war "Chitose" | Variant title from MAVIS: Launch of the Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa" Shows the launching of the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Chitose at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, on Saturday, January 22, 1898. The camera view is east, across a small inlet...- Contributor: Blechynden, Frederick - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1898
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Film, VideoHotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal
Vendome Hotel, San Jose, California "The world famous hotel, with crowded piazzas, which forms the background, is one of the best in the State of Califonia and is the principal stop for tourists en route to the...- Contributor: Blechynden, Frederick - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1897
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Film, VideoMount Tamalpais R. R. No. 1
Title in Early motion pictures: Mount Tamalpais R.R. | Erroneous title from Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900: Mount Tamaltais R.R. | Formerly erroneously titled: Mount Tamalpais R.R. | Mt. Tamalpais Railroad | Mount Tamalpais Railroad The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: The first segment of the film was probably shot from the back of a passenger car being pushed up the grade by a...- Contributor: Blechynden, Frederick - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1898
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Film, VideoBird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although balloon...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1902
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Film, VideoPanoramic view of the Golden Gate
Variant title from AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910: Panorama of the Golden Gate This film, photographed from the front of a moving steam engine, shows the scenic portion of the Market Street Railway (formerly the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad route) along the bluffs and...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1902