Film, Video Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island Immigrants landing at Ellis Island / Emigrants landing at Ellis Island
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Title
- Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island
Other Title
- Immigrants landing at Ellis Island
- Emigrants landing at Ellis Island
Summary
- "Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. A most interesting and typical scene. Length 140 feet"-Edison films catalog.
- The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.
Names
- Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille), 1878-1950, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
Headings
- - Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- - Immigrants--New York (State)--New York
- - Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York
Genre
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
Notes
- - H33775 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
- - Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
- - Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1591) was changed when paper positive was rehoused.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Photographed July 9, 1903.
- - Source used: Niver's Early motion pictures, p. 89.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5354 to FZA 2309.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (63 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (168 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (63 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (168 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 4605 (viewing print)
- FEB 9433 (viewing print)
- FRA 2839 (dupe neg pic)
- FZA 2309 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0853A (paper pos)
- Box 5532A (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
- 00694367
Online Format
- image
- video
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Part of
- The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898 to 1906 (54)
- Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies (430)
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (824)
- National Screening Room (1,221)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,587,565)
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Contributor
- Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc