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Film, Video [Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8]

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • [Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8]

Names

  • Vitagraph Company of America
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Vitagraph Company of America, 1908.

Contents

  • A lover's stratagems (14Nov08, H118282, copy B) -- Macbeth, Shakespeare's sublime tragedy (2Apr08, H108162, copy B) -- Making moving pictures (2Dec08, H119041, copy A) -- The Mardi Gras parade at Coney Island (29Sept08, H116322, copy B) -- Mashing the masher (10Feb08, H106081, copy A) -- The merchant of Venice (9Dec08, H119440, copy A) -- The merry widow hat (12Oct08, H116860, copy B) -- The merry widower, or, The rejuvenation of a fossil (13Aug08, H114512, copy A) -- A Mexican love story (16Mar08, H107529, copy A) -- The money lender (3Mar08, H106922, copy B) -- Monkeyland: a jungle romance (9Dec08, H119442, copy B) -- Mother-in-law and the artist's model (22Jun08, H112169, copy A) -- A mother's crime (27Apr08, H109746, copy B) -- The mourners, or, A clever undertaking (9Jul08, H113234, copy A) -- The mummer's daughter (21Oct08, H117310, copy A) -- The naughty little princess (2Oct08, H116419, copy B) -- Nellie, the beautiful housemaid (4May08, H110099, copy B) -- A night out, or, He couldn't go home until morning (17Oct08, H117108, copy A) -- A noble jester, or, Faint heart never won fair lady (9Jun08, H111580, copy A) -- An odd pair of limbs (12May08, H110464, copy A) -- The orphan, or, A mountain romance (19May08, H110736, copy B) -- The painting (19Dec08, H120076, copy A) -- Parlez vous Francais? (Do you speak French?) (16Apr08, H109450, copy A) -- The patriot, or, The horrors of war (24Jun08, H112279, copy A) -- The peasant girl's loyalty (14Nov08, H118279, copy B) -- The poisoned bouquet: an Italian tragedy of the XV century (6Aug08, H114323, copy B) -- The press gang: a romance in the time of King George III (20Jul08, H113632, copy A) -- The professor's trip to the country, or, A case of mistaken identity (19Sept08, H115854, copy B) -- The promise! Henri promises never to gamble again (29Jul08, H113973, copy B) -- Reception for the victorious Olympic team of American athletes at City Hall, New York (8Sept08, H115389, copy B) -- The reprieve: an episode in the life of Abraham Lincoln (12Jun08, H111705, copy B).

Genre

  • Silent films
  • Film excerpts

Notes

  • -  Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes.
  • -  Running time of 22 minutes for digital file includes added titles.
  • -  All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited as motion picture copyright registrations during 1908.
  • -  The press gang, or, a romance in the time of King George III was copyrighted as The press gang, or, a romance of time of King George III. Correct title taken from a film review in the Moving picture world, vol. II, January-June, 1908, p. 71.
  • -  More detailed information on the paper prints in this collection may be found in the Motion Picture and TV Reading Room at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 22 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,080 ft.) : si., b&w. ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,080 ft.) : si., b&w. ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,080 ft.) : si., b&w. ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,080 ft.) : si., b&w. ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 31 paper fragments (ca. 1,080 ft.) : si., b&w. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEC 5060 (viewing print)
  • FPF 2425 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 2426 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FPF 2427 (master pos pic)
  • Motion Picture and TV Reading Room (paper pos)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002641201

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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Chicago citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, and Paper Print Collection. Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8. United States: Vitagraph Company of America, 1908. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002641201/.

APA citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America & Paper Print Collection. (1908) Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8. United States: Vitagraph Company of America. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002641201/.

MLA citation style:

Vitagraph Company Of America, and Paper Print Collection. Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8. United States: Vitagraph Company of America, 1908. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002641201/>.