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Film, Video Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation

About this Item

Title

  • Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation

Summary

  • This film employs a 180-degree pan shot of the excavation site of New York's Pennsylvania Station, and includes shots of the narrow-gauge train used to haul debris from the tunnels under construction. Work began in 1904, and when completed in September of 1910 the station would span from 31st to 33rd Streets, and from 7th to 8th Avenue, an area of approximately 300,000 square feet.

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

  • -  Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
  • -  Excavation--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Building sites--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Underground construction--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Narrow gauge railroads--New York (State)--New York

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H65053 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 30Aug1905; H65053.
  • -  Duration: 3:22 at 15 fps.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  In Early motion pictures the 16 mm. footage is incorrectly given as 35 feet.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3070.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2152) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Photographed July 19, 1905. Location: Seventh and Eighth Avenues, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 247; Biograph production logs, v. 2, p. 58-59.
  • -  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 5556 to FZA 2643.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5166 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9816 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2887 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2643 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0667A (paper pos)
  • Box 5685B (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

  • 00694392

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694392/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1905) Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694392/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694392/>.