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Film, Video Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St Interior New York subway, Fourteenth Street to Forty-second Street / Title from Biograph production log: Interborough Subway 8 from 14th St. to 42nd St / Variant title from Biograph production log: Interborough subway from 14th St. to 42nd St / Variant title from the Internet movie database: New York subway / Variant title from the Internet movie database: In the N.Y. subway / Variant title from the Internet movie database: Interboro subway

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About this Item

Title

  • Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St

Other Title

  • Interior New York subway, Fourteenth Street to Forty-second Street
  • Title from Biograph production log: Interborough Subway 8 from 14th St. to 42nd St
  • Variant title from Biograph production log: Interborough subway from 14th St. to 42nd St
  • Variant title from the Internet movie database: New York subway
  • Variant title from the Internet movie database: In the N.Y. subway
  • Variant title from the Internet movie database: Interboro subway

Summary

  • The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, 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, 1905.

Headings

  • -  Subway tunnels--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Subway stations--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Interborough Rapid Transit Company
  • -  Grand Central Station (New York, N.Y. : 1900-1910)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H61570 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 5June1905; H61570.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  Duration: 6:14 at 15 fps.
  • -  Photographed May 21, 1905. Location: Interborough Subway, 14 St. to 42nd St., New York, N.Y.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3031.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2057) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEB 9845 to FYA 0887.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5550 to FZA 2316.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (141 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (356 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (141 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (356 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 355 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 355 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 0507 (viewing print)
  • FYA 0887 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2030 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2316 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0797 (master pos pic)
  • Box 1140A (paper pos)
  • Box 5026A (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

  • 00694394

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694394/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1905) Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694394/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, et al. Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694394/>.