Film, Video Opening the Williamsburg Bridge Title from Biograph production logs: Opening of the Williamsburg Bridge / Title from Biograph picture catalog, no. 6: Opening of the New Williamsburg Bridge
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Title
- Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
Other Title
- Title from Biograph production logs: Opening of the Williamsburg Bridge
- Title from Biograph picture catalog, no. 6: Opening of the New Williamsburg Bridge
Summary
- The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras [Frame: 0690]. Next, a parade of dignitaries and military representatives, accompanied by members of the press [1310], is photographed passing the camera position led by a standard bearer whose banner reads "MAYOR" [0902]. The mayor of New York was Seth Low (defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan). The Williamsburg Bridge, a combined cantilever and suspension bridge, crosses the East River from Delancey and Clinton Streets, Manhattan, to Roebling and S. 5th Streets, Williamsburg. Built at a cost of twelve million dollars, it held two lanes of roadway, two "L" tracks, four trolley tracks, and two promenades. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
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, 1904.
Headings
- - Williamsburg Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- - Suspension bridges--New York (State)--New York
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Filmed parades
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H42039 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039.
- - Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
- - Duration: 0:55 at 15 fps.
- - Photographed December 19, 1903. Location: East River, New York, N.Y.
- - Biograph production no. 2748.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0346) 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. 232; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 763; Biograph production logs; Biograph photo catalog, vol. 6 (no. 2748)
- - 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 5539 to FZA 2343.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 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. 50 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 3360 (viewing print)
- FEB 9841 (viewing print)
- FRA 0663 (dupe neg pic)
- FZA 2343 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 0550 (master pos pic)
- Box 0839C (paper pos)
- Box 5220E (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
- 00694395
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- image
- video
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Contributor
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Bitzer, G. W.
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)