Film, Video Pilot boats in New York harbor
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Title
- Pilot boats in New York harbor
Summary
- A New York harbor pilot boat passes close enough for members of the crew to be seen [Frame: 0471]. Following the sailing vessel is a steamship [Frame: 0780].
- "A close view of an eighty footer, schooner-rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor near Robin's Reef [i.e., Robbins Reef], which picturesque little lighthouse is seen in the near background. A steamer decked with bunting also passes by at close range. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
Names
- White, James, production
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1899.
Headings
- - Pilot boats
- - Schooners
- - Steamboats
- - Lighthouses--New Jersey
- - New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - 27966 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22Apr1899; 27966.
- - Duration: 0:48 at 15 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0002) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Filmed April 17, 1899 in New York Harbor.
- - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 250; Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 499; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 42.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (43 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (43 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3016 (viewing print)
- FEB 9843 (viewing print)
- FRA 0010 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 5547 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 1131G (paper pos)
- Box 5267F (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
- 00694407
Online Format
- image
- video
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Part of
- The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898 to 1906 (46)
- Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies (409)
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (825)
- National Screening Room (1,234)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,611,795)