Film, Video Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon
About this Item
- Title
- Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon
- Summary
- "Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition. It was then slowly elevated to the top of the Tower, a distance of 465 feet, and slowly lowered until it reached the ground, keeping the Tower in view all the time during the ascent and descent, ending with a very interesting view of the base of the Tower, with crowds of people passing to and fro. 75 ft."--Edison films catalog no. 135.
- Contributor Names
- Porter, Edwin S., camera.
- White, James H. (James Henry), camera.
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.
- Subject Headings
- - Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition, 1901, Buffalo, N.Y.)
- - Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
- - Exhibition buildings--New York (State)--Buffalo
- Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
- Notes
- - H7634 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 14Aug1901; H7634.
- - Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.
- - Duration: 1:20 at 15 fps.
- - Filmed between May 1, 1901 and November 2, 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition, in Buffalo, New York.
- - Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1045) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 242; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 791-792; Edison films catalog no. 135, Septermber 1902, p. 22 viewed online via the New Jersey Digital Highway, January 19, 2018.
- - 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 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca.75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 4059 (viewing print)
- FRA 1234 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 5206 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 5207 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
- FRB 0413 (master pos pic)
- FPE 5027 (master pos pic)
- FPE 5032 (master pos pic, copy 2)
- Box 0093E (paper pos)
- Box 5138D (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
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp001.m1a34478
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694340
- Online Format
- image
- video
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/00694340
- Additional Metadata Formats
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
Part of
- Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901 (36)
- America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894 to 1915 (158)
- Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies (431)
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (1,840)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,309,675)
Format
Contributors
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- White, James H. (James Henry)
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