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Film, Video Funeral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio Title in Edison films catalog, no. 135: President McKinley's body leaving the house and church

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Title

  • Funeral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog, no. 135: President McKinley's body leaving the house and church

Summary

  • "In this picture we show a most perfect view of the front entrance of the McKinley home in the background. The hearse which is to bear the President's body to its last resting place drives into view. President Roosevelt's Cabinet forms in line on either side of the walk. The Admirals of the Navy and the Generals of the Army form lines in their rear. President Roosevelt takes his place at the head of the Cabinet and immediately the body emerges from the front door, borne on the shoulders of the soldiers and sailors. As it passes through the lines of Diplomats, Admirals and Generals, all heads are uncovered. The sailors and soldiers descend the steps slowly to the sidewalk and then the body is placed in the hearse. Here we secured another life size view. The hearse starts slowly away and President Roosevelt and his Cabinet walk toward their carriages. Then with the aid of our panoramic device we followed the hearse until it passed slowly out of view down Market Street. This scene dissolves into a picture of the body leaving the church at Canton borne on the shoulders of the sailors and soldiers and placed again in the hearse. From the time the casket appears at the church door it does not pass out of the view of our camera until the doors of the hearse are closed upon it. We follow it constantly with our panoramic device, and the views are perfect and life size. The hearse finally starts away for the cemetery, followed by the famous Black Horse Cavalry, Troop A, of Ohio. 200 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
  • -  McKinley, William,--1843-1901--Homes and haunts--Ohio--Canton
  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio)
  • -  Presidents--United States--Death
  • -  Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ohio--Canton

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H9015 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Sept1901; H9015.
  • -  Duration: 3:07 at 15 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2028) 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. 114; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 390; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 16.
  • -  Photographed September 19, 1901 in Canton, Ohio.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1901-09-25; 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.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (79 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (79 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 3) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 4) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5042 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9748 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9749 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 2003 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5237 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5316 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FPE 5343 (dupe neg pic, copy 3)
  • FPE 5344 (dupe neg pic, copy 4)
  • FRB 1424 (master pos pic)
  • FPE 5045 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0059 (paper pos)
  • Box 5140 (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

  • 00694358

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Funeral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1901. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694358/.

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Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1901) Funeral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694358/.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Funeral leaving the President's house and church at Canton, Ohio. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1901. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694358/>.