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Film, Video Fireboat "New Yorker" in action Erroneous title: Fireboat "New Yorker" in action--excerpts

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Title

  • Fireboat "New Yorker" in action

Other Title

  • Erroneous title: Fireboat "New Yorker" in action--excerpts

Summary

  • A demonstration by the famous fireboat "New Yorker." The picture shows the fireboat with all its nozzles spurting water as it goes back and forth in front of the camera. Put in service on February 1, 1891 as Engine Company 57, the "New Yorker" was stationed at the Battery near Castle Garden, where her crew lived aboard. She was 125 feet long, 25 feet abeam, with a tonnage of 243. The 800 horsepower triple expansion engine turned a single screw. With a total capacity of 13,000 gallons per minute from its Clapp & Jones and La France fire pumps, the "New Yorker" was the most powerful fireboat in the world. When Admiral Dewey came to New York with the flagship "Olympia" after the battle of Manilla Bay, the "New Yorker" led the water parade of hundreds of craft. Built at a cost of $98,250, the "New Yorker" remained in service until 1931.
  • FIREBOAT "NEW YORKER" IN ACTION. A magnificent picture of this boat making a run and starting the water from at least a dozen nozzles at one time. In the middle of the picture the boat is seen throwing at least twenty streams, so enveloping itself in mist that it is almost entirely obscured. Length 225 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • Smith, James Blair, camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.

Headings

  • -  New Yorker (Fireboat)
  • -  Fireboats--New York (State)--New York
  • -  New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H32035 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32035.
  • -  Camera, James Blair Smith.
  • -  Duration: 1:59 at 15 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2024) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Photographed May 10, 1903. Location: New York Harbor.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 106; Edison films catalog, no. 185, October supplement, 1903, p. 9.
  • -  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 5303 to FZA 2344.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (111 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 250 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (111 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 250 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 250 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 250 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5038 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9420 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1999 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2344 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0049A (paper pos)
  • Box 5801C (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

  • 00694405

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Smith, James Blair, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Fireboat "New Yorker" in action. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694405/.

APA citation style:

Smith, J. B., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Fireboat "New Yorker" in action. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694405/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, James Blair, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Fireboat "New Yorker" in action. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694405/>.