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Film, Video Panorama of wreckage of water front Panorama of wreckage on water front, Galveston / Stranded schooners on Galveston Beach

About this Item

Title

  • Panorama of wreckage of water front

Other Title

  • Panorama of wreckage on water front, Galveston
  • Stranded schooners on Galveston Beach

Summary

  • "This picture shows the remains of one of the docks, several freight cars being piled one upon the other, while the most interesting part of the picture shows two schooners literally smashed one into the other, forming a most picturesque mass of wreckage. 40 feet"--Edison films catalog.
  • "Galveston cyclone series. At the first news of the disaster by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, Sept. 8th, 1900, we equipped a party of photographers and sent them by special train to the scene of the ruins. Arriving at the scene of desolation shortly after the storm had swept over that city, our party succeeded, at the risk of life and limb, in taking about a thousand feet of moving pictures. In spite of the fact that Galveston was under martial law and that the photographers were shot down at sight by the excited police guards, a very wide range of subject has been secured. The series, taken as a whole, will give the entire world a definite idea of the terrible disaster, unequaled since the Johnstown flood of 1889"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera.
  • Vitagraph Company of America.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900.

Headings

  • -  Hurricanes--Texas--Galveston
  • -  Shipwrecks--Texas--Galveston
  • -  Hurricane damage--Texas--Galveston

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  D18560 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24Sept1900; D18560.
  • -  Camera, Albert E. Smith.
  • -  Duration: 0:59 at 16 fps.
  • -  Filmed between September 11-19, 1900, in Galveston, Texas.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1774) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 637; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 240; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 14-15 [MI].
  • -  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 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4788 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9400 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1797 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5434 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0879 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0073G (paper pos)
  • Box 5166D (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

  • 00694273

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front. produceds by Smith, Albert E. , Uction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694273/.

APA citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1900) Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front. Smith, A. E., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694273/.

MLA citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front. prod by Smith, Albert E. , Uction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1900. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694273/>.