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Film, Video Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass

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Title

  • Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass

Summary

  • At the beginning of the film, a group of men can be seen gathered around a flat area near a large municipal gas tank. Most of the group are attending to the skin of a big balloon in the foreground near the camera. The remainder of the film shows the balloon being filled with gas until it is buoyant enough to become airborne, the mounting of the suspended basket, the release of the balloon, and the actual flight. The balloon was the Centaur, which set the world's record of 1,193 miles in thirty-five hours during the contest at the Paris Exposition. Count Henri de la Vaulx, French aeronaut, and members of the Aero Club of America can be seen.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, 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, 1906.

Headings

  • -  La Vaulx, Henry de,--1870-1930
  • -  Aero Club of America
  • -  Ballooning--Massachusetts--Pittsfield
  • -  Hot air balloons

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H76605 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 03May06; H76605.
  • -  Duration: ca. 6 minutes.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3159.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2754) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, Kemp, Early motion pictures, p. 303; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 246, 272 and 321.
  • -  Cameraman, G.W. Bitzer.
  • -  Filmed on April 14, 1906 and April 18, 1906 in Pittsfield, Mass.
  • -  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 (211 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 525 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (211 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 525 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 210 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 2 rolls of 2 (523 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 2 rolls of 2 (528 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5707 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2016 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2539 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 1317 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1668 (master pos pic)
  • Box 1148A, Box 1133D (paper pos)
  • Box 5842A, Box 5842B (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

  • 00564569

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1906. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564569/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1906) Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564569/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, et al. Society ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1906. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564569/>.