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Film, Video Empire State Express

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Empire State Express

Summary

  • "The film opens on a scene of a railroad section gang mending tracks on a curved area. In the distane a locomotive can be seen approaching the camera position. As it goes by the camera, four cars can be counted, in addition to the locomotive. The track workers wave and cheer, and the white-coated Pullman porters standing on the steps of each car wave back"--Early motion pictures.

Names

  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, cinematographer
  • American Mutoscope Company production company
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company film distributor
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1896.

Headings

  • -  Empire State Express (Express train)
  • -  Express trains--New York (State)
  • -  Railroads--New York (State)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H20217 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25July1902; H20217.
  • -  Camera, W.K.L. Dickson.
  • -  Filmed in Canastota, New York, probably between September 20 and September 25, 1896.
  • -  Biograph production no. 81.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0823) 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. 89-90; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 306; Biograph production logs; Biograph photo catalog, v. 1 viewed online via the New Jersey Digital Highway, August 16, 2021.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8107 to FYA 2303.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (28 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (28 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3837 (viewing print)
  • FYA 2303 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1097 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0188D (paper pos)
  • Box 5195C (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021604051

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Dickson, W. K.-L. , Cinematographer, American Mutoscope Company Production Company, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company Film Distributor, and Paper Print Collection. Empire State Express. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1896. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021604051/.

APA citation style:

Dickson, W. K. -., American Mutoscope Company Production Company, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company Film Distributor & Paper Print Collection. (1896) Empire State Express. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021604051/.

MLA citation style:

Dickson, W. K.-L. , Cinematographer, et al. Empire State Express. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1896. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021604051/>.