Film, Video A street Arab

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Title: A street Arab
Summary: A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.; From a contemporary Edison Company catalog: A STREET ARAB. Umreichen [code for telegraphic orders]. Shows one of New York's street gamins going through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handsprings backward and forward, walks the crab, does cart wheels and other kindred feats. An exceptionally unique part of the performance is his standing on his head and twisting around like a top. It is safe to say he will be bald-headed at an early age. 50 feet.
Contributor Names: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published: United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.
Subject Headings: - Acrobats--New York (State)--New York; - Street entertainers--New York (State)--New York; - Acrobatics--New York (State)--New York; - Boys--New York (State)--New York; - Children--New York (State)--New York
Genre: Actualities (Motion pictures); Short films; Nonfiction films
Notes: - 25336 U.S. Copyright Office; - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1898; 25336.; - Duration: 0:27 at 30 fps.; - Location: New York, N.Y.; - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.; - Received: 4/21/1898; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.; - Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.; - Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref prints and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Medium: 1 roll (65 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC 64 (paper pos); FEB 9804 (ref print); FEB 9769 (ref print, copy 2); FPE 5537 (dupe neg); FPE 5583 (arch neg)
Repository: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a32868
Library of Congress Control Number: 00694377
Online Format: image; video
Description: A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera. From a contemporary Edison Company catalog: A STREET ARAB. Umreichen [code for telegraphic orders]. Shows one of New York's street gamins going through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handsprings backward and forward, walks the crab, does cart wheels and other kindred feats. An exceptionally unique part of the performance is his standing on his head and twisting around like a top. It is safe to say he will be bald-headed at an early age. 50 feet.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/00694377
Additional Metadata Formats: MARCXML Record; MODS Record; Dublin Core Record

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