Film, Video The great train robbery
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Title
- The great train robbery
Names
- Porter, Edwin S., production, camera
- Barnes, J. D. (Justus D.), 1862-1946, cast
- Anderson, Gilbert M., 1880-1971, cast
- Smith, James Blair, camera
- Marble, Scott
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Edison Collection (Library of Congress)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Museum of Modern Art Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903.
Headings
- - Train robberies--United States--Drama
- - Outlaws--United States--Drama
- - Posses--United States--Drama
Genre
- Western films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - H38748 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 1Dec1903; H38748.
- - Justus D. Barnes (head bandit), G. M. Anderson (slain passenger, tenderfoot, and robber), Walter Cameron (sheriff).
- - Camera, Edwin S. Porter, J.B. Smith, and others.
- - Incomplete: material in the Edison Collection (viewing copy and viewing print, copy 2) is incomplete.
- - Footages have not been confirmed. Differences in footages may be due to different methods of measurement.
- - Duration: 11:54 at 18 fps.
- - Part of summary from Edison films catalog, no. 200, January supplement 1904, p. 5-7 [MI].
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 2443) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Based partly on the play, The great train robbery, by Scott Marble.
- - Non-viewing print was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry.
- - Filmed during November 1903 at Edison's New York studio, in Essex County Park in New Jersey (South Mountain Reservation) and along the Lackawanna Railroad, probably between Denville and Dover, New Jersey.
- - This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
- - Digital file viewed.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, p. 253-259; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 126; Edison films catalog, no. 200, January supplement 1904, p. 5-7 [MI]; Railfan.net WWW site, viewed February 6, 2015, post dated November 23, 2009.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 16 mm viewing print renumbered: FRB 4559 to FAD 1691.
- - 35 mm non-viewing print renumbered: FQC 3676 to FPG 0223.
Medium
- viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (inc.) (Betacam SP) (ca. 10 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (302 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (302 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print (copy 3) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 300 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (800 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (inc.) (ca. 690 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (302 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (inc.) (ca. 800 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 800 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 800 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- VBS 0062 (viewing copy)
- FLA 5421 (viewing print)
- FLA 4912 (viewing print, copy 2)
- FAD 1691 (viewing print, copy 3)
- FLA 5949 (viewing print)
- FEA 4498 (viewing print, copy 2)
- FRA 3923 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 5360 (dupe neg pic)
- FPG 0223 (non-viewing print)
- Box 0702A (paper pos)
- Box 5799A (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
- 00694220
Online Format
- image
- video
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Contributor
- Anderson, Gilbert M.
- Barnes, J. D. (Justus D.)
- Edison Collection (Library of Congress)
- Marble, Scott
- Museum of Modern Art Collection (Library of Congress)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Smith, James Blair
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
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