Film, Video Boat race Title from Biograph production log: U. S. N. Dept., boat race--"Indiana" / Variant title from Biograph production log: Boat race "Indiana"
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Title
- Boat race
Other Title
- Title from Biograph production log: U. S. N. Dept., boat race--"Indiana"
- Variant title from Biograph production log: Boat race "Indiana"
Summary
- Two standard U.S. Navy eight-oar pulling boats, each commanded by a coxswain at the steering position in the stern, are seen abeam of one another. At a signal, both pulling boats begin moving and it can be seen that the camera was positioned on a vessel following the two competing pulling boats. The camera stays with the two boats until their destination is disclosed as a navy battle cruiser at anchor. The cruiser, unidentified, is flying an American flag. The film ends as the two pulling boats come abeam of the cruiser Indiana with their oars in the "boat oar" position.
Names
- Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
- McCutcheon, Wallace, 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, [1904].
Headings
- - United States.--Navy--Boats
- - Indiana (Battleship : BB-1)
- - Rowing
- - New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H55396 U.S Copyright Office
- - Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 3Jan05; H55396.
- - Filmed at the same time as another Edison film, Battleship "Indiana" in action.
- - Date of copyright in Early motion pictures is January 3, 1904. Date of copyright in Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912 is January 3, 1905. AFI catalog gives date of filming (November, 1903) as the date of release. Date of release is estimated. Unable to determine exact release date from sources consulted.
- - Actual filming location taken from Biograph production logs. In Early motion pictures, the filming location is "Glen Island, N.Y. [?]".
- - Biograph production no. 2686.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1489) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Niver, K, Early motion pictures, p. 32; Biograph production logs, v. 2: 1903-1912, p. 20-21; AFI catalog online, viewed November 6, 2015; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912, p. 7; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 (no. 2583-3002).
- - Cameramen, G. W. Bitzer, Wallace McCutcheon.
- - Filmed November 11, 1903 in New York Harbor.
- - 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 (37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 4503 (viewing print)
- FEC 3271 (viewing print)
- FRA 0268 (dupe neg pic)
- FPF 0907 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 0960 (master pos pic)
- Box 0015G (paper pos)
- Box 5027G (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
- 00564553
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- image
- video
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Contributor
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Bitzer, G. W.
- McCutcheon, Wallace
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)