SS Columbia sailing

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Title: S.S. "Columbia" sailing
Other Title: Hamburg American S.S. Columbia leaving Hoboken; Summer exodus; Summer exodus, S.S. "Columbia" sailing; Steamship Columbia sailing; SS Columbia sailing
Summary: As the film begins, a large ocean liner with three smokestacks can be seen tied to a dock where there are many people. The film shows the liner getting under way and moving away from the dock. The people on the pier as well as the passengers lining the decks of the ship wave.
Contributor Names: Bonine, R. (Robert K.) camera.; American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.; Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress); Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published: United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1902.
Subject Headings: - Columbia (Ship : 1889-1904); - Farewells--New Jersey--Hoboken; - Steamboats; - Passenger ships; - Ocean travel
Genre: Actualities (Motion pictures); Silent films; Short films; Nonfiction films
Notes: - H24880 U.S. Copyright Office; - Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 9Dec1902; H24880.; - Some sources confuse this title with another AM&B title, The cruiser Columbia, 1898.; - Camera, Robert K. Bonine.; - Paper print shelf number (LC 1009) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.; - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.; - Biograph production no. 2153.; - Filmed in June, 1902 in Hoboken, New Jersey.; - Not viewed.; - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 282; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalog, 1902, p. 210; American Mutoscope & Biograph production log, 1902.; - 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 (ca. 21 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.; dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 21 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.; paper pos 1 roll (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.; paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location: FLA 4033 (viewing print); FRA 1214 (dupe neg pic); Box 0136F (paper pos); Box 5159F (paper pos, copy 2)
Digital Id: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01419150
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013604954
Online Format: video
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013604954
Additional Metadata Formats: MARCXML Record; MODS Record; Dublin Core Record

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Bonine, R. Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. S.S. "Columbia" sailing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013604954/.

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Bonine, R. C., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1902) S.S. "Columbia" sailing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013604954/.

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Bonine, R. Camera, et al. S.S. "Columbia" sailing. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013604954/>.

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