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Film, Video Brook trout fishing Trout fishing

About this Item

Title

  • Brook trout fishing

Other Title

  • Trout fishing

Summary

  • The camera shows a small waterfall and a stream. Across the stream on the bank is a man with a fishing pole in one hand and a retrieving net in the other. During the course of the film, he makes the normal movements of a man accustomed to trout fishing. High on the bank to the right is a spectator. At the end of the film, the fisherman catches, nets, and lands a fish.

Names

  • Armitage, F. S., camera.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1900, c1902.

Headings

  • -  Brook trout fishing--Ontario--Muskoka (District)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H16650 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 16Apr02; H16650.
  • -  Cameraman, F.S. Armitage.
  • -  Duration: 0:56 at 16 fps.
  • -  Filmed June 6, 1900, Lake Muskoka [District] in Ontario, Canada.
  • -  According to the Biograph production log, the subjects of this film are fishing, and the Grand Trunk Railway. Although no railroad is visible, the Muskoka Lake District in Canada is a summer resort area which was served by the Grand Trunk Railway.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1493.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1252) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, p. 38; Biograph production logs, v. 1: 1899-1903; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 65; Biograph photo catalog, v. 3 (production no. 998-1502), viewed online via the New Jersey Digital Highway, January 11, 2016; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 124.
  • -  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 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 3) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 3) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos 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 4276 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9581 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9582 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FEB 9583 (viewing print, copy 3)
  • FRA 0323 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5077 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5138 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FPE 5462 (dupe neg pic, copy 3)
  • FRB 1309 (master pos pic)
  • FPE 5139 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0553B (paper pos)
  • Box 5051C (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

  • 00563591

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Brook Trout Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1900, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00563591/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1902) Brook Trout Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1900. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00563591/.

MLA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, et al. Brook Trout Fishing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1900, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00563591/>.