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Film, Video Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains, and loading it into boats

About this Item

Title

  • Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains, and loading it into boats

Summary

  • The film covers four operations involved in shipping ice: sawing the ice from frozen-over lakes, transferring it by means of speciality constructed freight cars to a dock some distance away, unloading it, and then transloading it onto a waiting ship.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902.

Headings

  • -  Ice industry--Massachusetts--Groton

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H14435 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Feb02; H14435.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1692) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  LC also holds two related Paper Print Collection films on this subject: Cutting the ice, and Circular panorama of housing the ice.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Source used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 187.
  • -  Filmed in Groton, Massachusetts, probably in 1902.
  • -  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 (77 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 190 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (77 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 190 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 190 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 190 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4706 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1968 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1723 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 1159 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0084C (paper pos)
  • Box 5169B (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

  • 00564563

Online Format

  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Loading the Ice on Cars, Conveying It Across the Mountains, and Loading It Into Boats. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564563/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1902) Loading the Ice on Cars, Conveying It Across the Mountains, and Loading It Into Boats. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564563/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Loading the Ice on Cars, Conveying It Across the Mountains, and Loading It Into Boats. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564563/>.