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Film, Video Departure of Peary [and the] "Roosevelt" from New York Title in Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912: Departure of Peary [and] Roosevelt from New York / Title in Biograph bulletins 1896-1908: Departure of Peary for the North Pole

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Title

  • Departure of Peary [and the] "Roosevelt" from New York

Other Title

  • Title in Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912: Departure of Peary [and] Roosevelt from New York
  • Title in Biograph bulletins 1896-1908: Departure of Peary for the North Pole

Summary

  • The camera pans to show the schooner "Roosevelt" docked at a covered pier on the Hudson River on Manhattan's west side. Then, from a camera position on board, men in straw hats and fashionably dressed ladies are seen boarding the ship. Next, the famous polar explorer Robert Peary appears on the gangway in a dark jacket, mustache and straw hat. He tips his hat, consults his watch, then, just before the film ends, motions to order the departure. On this expedition he achieved the "farthest north" record, but failed to reach the North Pole.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.

Headings

  • -  Peary, Robert E.--(Robert Edwin),--1856-1920--Travel--Arctic regions
  • -  Roosevelt (Ship : 1904-1937)
  • -  Explorers--United States
  • -  Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American
  • -  Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H63906 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 28July1905; H63906.
  • -  Duration: 4:14 at 15 fps.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  Photographed July 16, 1905. Location: Dock at the foot of Houston St., New York, N.Y.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3062.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1995) 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. 76; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 256-257; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1908-1912, p. 219.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1905-07-28; 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 (110 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 300 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 300 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (110 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 300 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll (ca. 300 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 300 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5009 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9819 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9786 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 1971 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5608 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0105 (paper pos)
  • Box 5098B (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

  • 00694369

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Departure of Peary and the "Roosevelt" from New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694369/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1905) Departure of Peary and the "Roosevelt" from New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694369/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Departure of Peary and the "Roosevelt" from New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694369/>.