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Film, Video Delivering newspapers Variant title from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910: Distributing a war extra / Variant title from Biograph photo catalog: Delivering a war extra on Union Square / Variant title from Biograph production log: World news wagon

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About this Item

Title

  • Delivering newspapers

Other Title

  • Variant title from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910: Distributing a war extra
  • Variant title from Biograph photo catalog: Delivering a war extra on Union Square
  • Variant title from Biograph production log: World news wagon

Summary

  • The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the crowd forms around the two fighters.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, 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, 1899.

Headings

  • -  World (New York, N.Y. : 1860-1931)
  • -  Newspapers--Extra editions
  • -  Paperboys--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Union Square (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H30745 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Apr1903; H30745.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, Arthur Marvin.
  • -  Duration: 0:53 at 15 fps.
  • -  Photographed May 1, 1899. Location: Union Square, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Biograph production no. 979.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0373) 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. 270; Biograph production logs; Biograph photo catalog, vol. 2, No.'s 495-1005, viewed online, June 17, 2016, via the New Jersey Digital Highway.
  • -  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 5531 to FZA 2333.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (27 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (27 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3387 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9778 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2874 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2333 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1123 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0125D (paper pos)
  • Box 5218B (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

  • 00694376

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, Arthur W Marvin, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Delivering Newspapers. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1899. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694376/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1899) Delivering Newspapers. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694376/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, et al. Delivering Newspapers. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1899. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694376/>.