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Film, Video Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co. Noon hour at Hope Webbing Company

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co.

Other Title

  • Noon hour at Hope Webbing Company

Summary

  • "The single-camera position shows the employees of a manufacturing company as they pass by during the noon hour"--Early motion pictures.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Hope Webbing Company
  • -  Cotton textile industry--Employees
  • -  Employees--Rhode Island--Pawtucket

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H38864 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 05Dec03; H38864.
  • -  Camera, F.S. Armitage.
  • -  Duration: 1:10 at 16 fps.
  • -  Filmed November 23, 1903 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2694.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1250) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 224; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 839; Biograph production logs.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1903-12-05; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4264 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1420 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0700 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0039G (paper pos)
  • Box 5046 (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00563602

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00563602/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00563602/.

MLA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Noon hour, Hope Webbing Co. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00563602/>.