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Film, Video Collecting mail, U.S.P.O.

About this Item

Title

  • Collecting mail, U.S.P.O.

Summary

  • "The subject is the movement of mail by the U.S. postal service. As the film begins, two types of mail boxes on a pole on the corner of a street can be seen. In the background, away from the camera position, are people going by on foot, as well as horse-drawn and electric streetcar transportation. At the end of the film, a man wearing the uniform of a mailman is seen approaching the mail boxes. He unlocks the boxes and removes the mail from both the small and large boxes"--Early motion pictures.

Names

  • Weed, A. E., camera.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  United States.--Post Office Department
  • -  Postal service--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Letter mail handling--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Letter carriers--Washington (D.C.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H34968 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 22Aug03; H34968.
  • -  Cameraman, A.E. Weed.
  • -  Filmed August 10, 1903 in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2467.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0869) 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. 61; Biograph production logs; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 205.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1903-08-22; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  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 0385 to FZA 2403.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3883 (viewing print)
  • FEC 3342 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2877 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2403 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1347 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0130D (paper pos)
  • Box 5422 (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

  • 00564547

Online Format

  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Collecting mail, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564547/.

APA citation style:

Weed, A. E., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Collecting mail, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564547/.

MLA citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Collecting mail, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564547/>.