Top of page

Film, Video [Newark athlete. No. 1] Club swinger, no. 1 / Indian club swinger / Early Edison camera tests / Newark athlete.

About this Item

Title

  • [Newark athlete. No. 1]

Other Title

  • Club swinger, no. 1
  • Indian club swinger
  • Early Edison camera tests
  • Newark athlete.

Summary

  • Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

Names

  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production, camera.
  • Heise, William, production, camera.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Edison Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [1891].

Headings

  • -  Athletes--New Jersey--Newark
  • -  Gymnastics

Genre

  • Experimental films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Camera, W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise.
  • -  Incomplete: [Newark athlete. No. 1] is only 45 frames long. For a more complete copy, see [Newark athlete. No. 2], lccn 00694133.
  • -  Duration: 0:11 (looped image) at 30 fps.
  • -  Filmed in May or June, 1891, in the Photographic Building at the Edison Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  On one reel with: [Men boxing] and [Dickson greeting].
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Source used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 74.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEB 9908 to FYA 1278.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (11 sec.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (inc.) (ca. 5 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FYA 1278 (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

  • 00694134

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions.

While the Library is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection (see Title 17, U.S.C.) or any other restrictions in the materials in the Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies, there may be content protected as "works for hire" (copyright may be held by the party that commissioned the original work) and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. The Library is anxious to hear from individuals or institutions that have information about these materials or know of their history.

Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Users should consult the catalog information that accompanies each item for specific information. This catalog data provides the details known to the Library of Congress regarding the corresponding item and may assist users in making independent assessments of the legal status of these items as related to their desired uses.

The following films are reproduced courtesy of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, P.O. Box 720, Oyster Bay, NY 11771: U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquirí, Cuba; Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago; Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba.

Suggested credit line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Edison Collection. Newark athlete. No. 1. produceds by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction, Camera, and Heise, Williamuction, Camera [1891] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694134/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Edison Collection. (1891) Newark athlete. No. 1. Dickson, W. K. -. & Heise, W., prods [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694134/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Edison Collection. Newark athlete. No. 1. prod by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction, Camera, and Heise, Williamuction, Camera [1891] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694134/>.