Film, Video Broadway & Union Square, New York Broadway and Union Square, New York / Scene on Broadway

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Title
Broadway & Union Square, New York
Other Title
Broadway and Union Square, New York
Scene on Broadway
Summary
A horse-drawn street car with a sign for Broadway pulls away from the camera with a full compliment of passengers. Another approaches the camera position and they pass. The first car stops to pick up and drop off passengers. Pedestrians walk pass on both sides of the street.
Contributor Names
Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.
Subject Headings
-  Horse-drawn rail cars--New York (State)--New York
-  Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
-  Union Square (New York, N.Y.)
-  Transportation--New York (State)--New York
Genre
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Silent films
Short films
Nonfiction films
Notes
-  H33290 U.S. Copyright Office
-  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 8Jul1903; H33290.
-  Main title lacking.
-  Camera, Arthur W. Marvin.
-  Duration: 0:22 at 15 fps.
-  Biograph production no. 2264.
-  Paper print shelf number (LC 1389) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
-  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
-  Photographed August 19, 1901. Location: Broadway and 14th Street, New York, N.Y.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
-  Sources used: Niver. K. Early motion pictures, p. 37; Catalog of copyright entries: motion pictures, 1894-1912, p. 8; Biograph production logs, v. 1: 1899-1903, p. 134-135.
-  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
-  Copy one 35 mm. dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 7198 to FZA 2317.
-  Copy two 35 mm. dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5557 to FZA 2644.
Medium
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
FLA 4403 (viewing print)
FEB 9818 (viewing print)
FRA 0317 (dupe neg pic)
FZA 2317 (dupe neg pic)
FZA 2644 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
Box 0161C (paper pos)
Box 5009B (paper pos, copy 2)
Repository
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a23110
Library of Congress Control Number
94500023
Language
English
Online Format
image
video
Description
A horse-drawn street car with a sign for Broadway pulls away from the camera with a full compliment of passengers. Another approaches the camera position and they pass. The first car stops to pick up and drop off passengers. Pedestrians walk pass on both sides of the street.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/94500023
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Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Broadway & Union Square, New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/94500023/.

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Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Broadway & Union Square, New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/94500023/.

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Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Broadway & Union Square, New York. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/94500023/>.

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