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Film, Video Lower Broadway Title in Biograph photo catalog: Street scene on Lower Broadway, N.Y. City / Title in Biograph production log: Scene on Lower Broadway

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Title

  • Lower Broadway

Other Title

  • Title in Biograph photo catalog: Street scene on Lower Broadway, N.Y. City
  • Title in Biograph production log: Scene on Lower Broadway

Summary

  • "A busy street scene on Lower Broadway, New York City"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902.

Names

  • Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.

Headings

  • -  Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
  • -  City traffic--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Street-railroads--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Pedestrians--New York (State)--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H32629 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 13Jun1903; H32629.
  • -  Duration: 1:33 at 15 fps.
  • -  Camera, Robert K. Bonine.
  • -  Photographed May 15, 1902. Location: New York, N.Y.
  • -  Sources differ as to the exact location of this film. It was formerly identified as the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street. However, it may be the intersection of Broadway and Vesey Street.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2138.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1697) 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. 193; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 948; Biograph production logs; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902, p. 144 viewed online via ProQuest History Vault, April 27, 2021; Biograph photo catalog, v. 5 viewed online via the New Jersey Digital Highway, April 27, 2021 (production no. 2138).
  • -  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 5579 to FZA 2332.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4711 (viewing print)
  • FLA 2980 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9822 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 2848 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2332 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0445 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0499A (paper pos)
  • Box 5167B (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

  • 00694372

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bonine, R. , Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Lower Broadway. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694372/.

APA citation style:

Bonine, R., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1902) Lower Broadway. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694372/.

MLA citation style:

Bonine, R. , Camera, et al. Lower Broadway. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694372/>.