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Film, Video Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass

Summary

  • About fifty canoes filled with people on an outing in the summertime were photographed from a single camera position from a bridge overlooking the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.

Names

  • Porter, Edwin S., camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904.

Headings

  • -  Canoes and canoeing--Massachusetts--Charles River

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H48348 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 21Jul04; H48348.
  • -  Footage for 16 mm viewing print and dupe neg pic from document titled, "Major footage count incorrectly printed in Early motion pictures catalog" in M/B/RS Paper Print Collection acquisition file.
  • -  Duration: 2:09 at 16 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1520) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Source used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 45.
  • -  Cameraman, Edwin S. Porter.
  • -  Filmed July 18, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPF 0643 to FZA 0910.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (59 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (59 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4534 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1878 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1571 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 0910 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0503D (paper pos)
  • Box 5061B (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

  • 00563637

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00563637/.

APA citation style:

Porter, E. S., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1904) Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00563637/.

MLA citation style:

Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00563637/>.