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Film, Video Drill by Providence police Title from Early motion pictures: Drill by the Providence Police

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About this Item

Title

  • Drill by Providence police

Other Title

  • Title from Early motion pictures: Drill by the Providence Police

Summary

  • "In the center of a town square, a company of uniformed policemen equipped with nightsticks is standing at attention. The policemen execute several close-order drill maneuvers similar to those of any army infantry company. They end as they began, company front"--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

  • -  Providence (R.I.).--Police Department
  • -  Police--Rhode Island--Providence
  • -  Marching drills--Rhode Island--Providence

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H38866 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 05Dec03; H38866.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2696.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1574) 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. 83; Biograph production logs.
  • -  Cameraman, F. S. Armitage.
  • -  Filmed November 23, 1903 in Providence, R.I.
  • -  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 (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4588 (viewing print)
  • FEC 3272 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1621 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 0899 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0852C (paper pos)
  • Box 5537C (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

  • 00564560

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Drill by Providence police. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564560/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Drill by Providence police. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564560/.

MLA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Drill by Providence police. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564560/>.