Film, Video Blanket-tossing a new recruit
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Title
- Blanket-tossing a new recruit
Summary
- "Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
Names
- Paley, William Daly, 1857-1924, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.
Headings
- - United States.--Army.--Ohio Volunteers, 1st
- - United States.--Army--Military life
- - Initiation rites--Florida--Tampa
- - Soldiers--Florida--Tampa
- - Spanish-American War, 1898
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - 38240 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22June1898; 38240.
- - Original main title lacking.
- - Duration: 0:34 at 24 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1354) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 442; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 31; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 13 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 36 [MI].
- - Camera, William Paley.
- - Filmed ca. May or June 1898 in Tampa, Florida.
- - 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 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 4368 (viewing print)
- FRA 0259 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0161B (paper pos)
- Box 5266B (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
- 98501030
Online Format
- image
- video