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Film, Video Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio Title from Edison films catalog, no. 135: Body leaving the train at Canton, Ohio / Title from Edison films catalog, no. 225: Body leaving the train, Canton, Ohio

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Title

  • Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio

Other Title

  • Title from Edison films catalog, no. 135: Body leaving the train at Canton, Ohio
  • Title from Edison films catalog, no. 225: Body leaving the train, Canton, Ohio

Summary

  • "Here, as in the other pictures, we secured a most advantageous location, and we present a life-size view of the casket containing the body of President McKinley as it is slowly and carefully taken from the window of the car which bore it from the Capitol to Canton. The casket is placed upon the shoulders of ten stalwart sailors and soldiers and borne to the waiting hearse. 60 ft."--Edison films catalog, no. 135.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.

Headings

  • -  McKinley, William,--1843-1901--Death and burial
  • -  Presidents--United States--Death
  • -  Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ohio--Canton
  • -  Railroad stations--Ohio--Canton

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H9083 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 26Sept1901; H9083.
  • -  Duration: 0:59 at 15 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0019) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 319; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1043; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 16; Edison films catalog, no. 225, July, 1904, p. 59.
  • -  Location: Canton, Ohio. Photographed September 18, 1901.
  • -  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 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (58 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3033 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1637 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2132 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7101 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0746F (paper pos)
  • Box 5283E (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

  • 00694355

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1901. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694355/.

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Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1901) Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694355/.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1901. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694355/>.