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Film, Video Bass fishing Title from Biograph production log: Bass fishing Mr. Henry Talbot / Angling for large-mouth black bass

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Title

  • Bass fishing

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph production log: Bass fishing Mr. Henry Talbot
  • Angling for large-mouth black bass

Summary

  • "Virginia. Taken for the U.S. Fisheries Commission to illustrate the benefits of stocking inland waters. A well-known fisherman, Mr. Henry Talbot, is seen casting in a picturesque pool for bass. He gets a strike, plays the game fish to a finish and lands him safely"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902.

Names

  • Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1901.

Headings

  • -  Talbott, Henry,--1852-1916
  • -  Largemouth bass fishing--Virginia--Occoquan
  • -  Fishing--Occoquan River (Va.)

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H26843 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 9Jan03; H26843.
  • -  Duration: 1:08 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1851.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0269) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  This film was part of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 24; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 74; Biograph production logs; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, 1902, p. 92, viewed online via the New Jersey Digital Highway, May 20, 2019; Ravenel, W., Report of the Representative of the U.S. Fish Commission at the Pan-American Exposition, 1902, in the United States Fish Commission Report, 1901, p. 302, viewed via Smithsonian Collections Online, May 20, 2019.
  • -  Cameraman, Arthur Marvin.
  • -  Appearing: Henry Talbott.
  • -  Filmed May 2, 1901, at "road bridge" (Woodbridge?) probably on the Occoquan River, Virginia.
  • -  According to Ravenel's Report of the Representative of the U. S. Fish Commission at the Pan-American Exposition, "arrangements were made with the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, of New York, to utilize the mutoscopes. A very interesting exhibit was furnished". Included in the list of films is "Angling for large-mouth black bass" taken at Occoquan, Virginia. According to the Biograph production logs, the film, Bass fishing was taken in Virginia, "for U.S. Fisheries Commission display at Pan American Exposition".
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (31 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (31 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3283 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9535 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0188 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5155 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0343A (paper pos)
  • Box 5524B (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00563588

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Bass Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1901. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00563588/.

APA citation style:

Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1901) Bass Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00563588/.

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Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Bass Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1901. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00563588/>.