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Film, Video The roller skate craze

About this Item

Title

  • The roller skate craze

Summary

  • During this short film, the cameraman photographed many different people in varied walks of life all of whom are wearing roller skates. Each scene, since the camera changed from individual to individual, is too short to allow any further description.

Names

  • Selig Polyscope Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Selig, 1907.

Headings

  • -  Roller skaters
  • -  Roller skating

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H97845 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Selig; 09Aug07; H97845.
  • -  Duration: 0:18 at 16 fps.
  • -  In Early motion pictures the length of the 16 mm. is erroneously given as 18 feet. The correct length is taken from the Paper Print catalog card.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1396) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Source used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, p. 277.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  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 (6 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (6 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 15 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 15 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4410 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1863 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1535 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 0639 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0009E (paper pos)
  • Box 5023F (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

  • 00564536

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Selig Polyscope Company, and Paper Print Collection. The Roller Skate Craze. United States: Selig, 1907. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564536/.

APA citation style:

Selig Polyscope Company & Paper Print Collection. (1907) The Roller Skate Craze. United States: Selig. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564536/.

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Selig Polyscope Company, and Paper Print Collection. The Roller Skate Craze. United States: Selig, 1907. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564536/>.