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Film, Video Dancing darkey boy

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Title

  • Dancing darkey boy

Summary

  • In this outside scene, a small African American boy--dressed in a cap, leggings, and suit with short pants--dances on a table or other flat, raised surface. Surrounding and encouraging him with hand claps is a group of men, dressed in a variety of styles, from shirtsleeves and caps to suits and hats, with one gentleman in a formal suit and top hat. Visible in the background are two horses and stable buildings. The boy performs a combination of jig, clog and cakewalk dance.
  • "Scene is in a stable, where a crowd of horsemen, jockeys and stable hands are watching a little darkey boy dance on a table. 45 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • Heise, William, production, camera.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

Headings

  • -  African American boys--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Child dancers--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Jig (Dance)
  • -  Clog dancing
  • -  Cakewalk (Dance)
  • -  Monmouth County Horse Show
  • -  Stablehands--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Horsemen and horsewomen--New Jersey--Long Branch

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  60568 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60568.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:27 at 24.76 fps.
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Photographed August 12-14, 1897 at the Monmouth County Horse Show in Long Branch, New Jersey.
  • -  Edison catalog no. 5004.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0007) 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. 73; Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 327; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 244; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July 1906, p. 48; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 52; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPC 3488 to FZA 0286.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 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. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (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 3021 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2230 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0094 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 0286 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0659D (paper pos)
  • Box 5548F (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

  • 96519344

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Dancing Darkey Boy. produceds by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96519344/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1897) Dancing Darkey Boy. Heise, W., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96519344/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Dancing Darkey Boy. prod by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96519344/>.