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Film, Video Wrestling at the N. Y. A. C. Title in Early motion pictures: Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club / Wrestling at the N.Y.A.C.

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Title

  • Wrestling at the N. Y. A. C.

Other Title

  • Title in Early motion pictures: Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
  • Wrestling at the N.Y.A.C.

Summary

  • "Several teams of wrestlers in action were photographed from a single-camera position on the set of the gymnasium of the New York Athletic Club"--Early motion pictures.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1905.

Headings

  • -  New York Athletic Club
  • -  Wrestling
  • -  Wrestlers

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H68324 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 7Nov05; H68324.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3107.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2247) 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. 371; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1209; Biograph production logs.
  • -  Cameraman, G.W. Bitzer.
  • -  Filmed November 1, 1905 in the Biograph studio, New York City.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1905-11-07; 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.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (74 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 170 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (74 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 170 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 170 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 170 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5261 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1974 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2205 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 1173 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0453 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0133 (paper pos)
  • Box 5477 (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

  • 00564577

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Wrestling at the N. Y. A. C. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1905. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564577/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1905) Wrestling at the N. Y. A. C. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564577/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Wrestling at the N. Y. A. C. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564577/>.