Film, Video Esquimaux leap-frog Title from Edison films catalog, no. 135: Scene in the Esquimaux Village / Eskimo leap-frog
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Title
- Esquimaux leap-frog
Other Title
- Title from Edison films catalog, no. 135: Scene in the Esquimaux Village
- Eskimo leap-frog
Summary
- "The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows buildings resembling igloos on ice floes, in front of which persons clothed as Eskimos play a game of leapfrog"--Early motion pictures.
- This shows several Esquimaux at the game of "Misheetak," or leap frog, which differs somewhat from the civilized game, and is quite amusing, the photography of which is perfect.
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.
Headings
- - Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
- - Eskimos--Games
- - Exhibitions--New York (State)--Buffalo
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H7500 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Aug1901; H7500.
- - The Edison company distributed this film and the film "Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-whip" as one film, entitled "Scene in the Esquimaux Village."
- - Duration: 0:48 at 15 fps.
- - Part of summary from Edison films catalog, no. 135, excerpted from the film, Scene in the Esquimaux Village, to include only descriptions of scenes appearing in this film.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0746) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 92; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 315; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 21.
- - Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.
- - Photographed in Buffalo, New York sometime between the opening of the Pan-American Exposition, on May 1, 1901 and the copyright date for this film in August, 1901.
- - paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1901-08-09; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 3083 to FYA 0765.
- - Paper print roll lacking suffix.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3760 (viewing print)
- FYA 0765 (viewing print)
- FRA 1005 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 5110 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 0846 (master pos pic)
- FPE 5111 (master pos pic)
- Box 0149B (paper pos)
- Box 5519 (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
- 00694350
Online Format
- image
- video
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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 (430)
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (825)
- National Screening Room (1,221)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,608,973)
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Contributor
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- White, James H. (James Henry)