Film, Video Down the old Potomac
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Title
- Down the old Potomac
Summary
- Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls.
Names
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1917.
Headings
- - Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
- - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
- - Paw Paw Tunnel (Md.)
- - Maryland--Description and travel
- - Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel
- - Potomac River Valley
- - Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
- - Great Falls of the Potomac (Md. and Va.)
Genre
- Travelogues (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Copyright notice on film: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; 1917.
- - Duration: approximately 11 min. at 16 fps.
- - A Conquest Picture.
- - Originally intended for inclusion in the Conquest program series, but never released as a part of the series.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; George Kleine Collection...catalog, p. 31.
- - Filmed in along the Chespeake and Ohio Canal in Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
- - Collection purchased from Kleine estate March 27, 1947. 35 mm. nitrate film destroyed.
- - The George Kleine Collection of early motion pictures in the Library of Congress : a catalog / prepared by Rita Horwitz and Harriet Harrison with the assistance of Wendy White. Library of Congress, 1980.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 276 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (276 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (276 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (276 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 1477 (viewing print)
- FLA 1941 (viewing print, copy 2)
- FRA 3810 (dupe neg pic)
- FRA 3811 (non-viewing print)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694119
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- image
- video
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Location
- Chesapeake
- Great Falls of the Potomac
- Harpers Ferry
- Maryland
- Ohio Canal
- Paw Paw Tunnel
- Potomac River Valley
- Virginia
- Washington D.C.
- West Virginia
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Subject
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. And Washington, D.C.)
- Description and Travel
- Great Falls of the Potomac (Md. And Va.)
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
- Locks (Hydraulic Engineering)
- Maryland
- Nonfiction Films
- Paw Paw Tunnel (Md.)
- Potomac River Valley
- Short Films
- Silent Films
- Travelogues (Motion Pictures)
- Washington (D.C.)