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Film, Video Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls

Summary

  • A 360 degree pan of Niagara Falls during the extremely severe winter of 1903-04; the camera was positioned on or near the ice frozen over the top of the rapids created by the Falls, panning over the Falls, the frozen area, both banks and the full cantilever suspension bridge between Canada and the U.S. People can be seen walking on the ice.

Names

  • Porter, Edwin S., camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904.

Headings

  • -  Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
  • -  Winter--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H40910 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 15Jan1904; H40910.
  • -  Photographer, Edwin S. Porter.
  • -  Film title added to viewing print (copy 2) and dupe neg pic (copy 2) during restoration.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1552) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Probably incorporated into Niagara in winter released by George Kleine ca. 1910.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 70; The George Kleine...catalog, p. 25.
  • -  George Kleine Collection purchased from Kleine estate March 27, 1947. 35 mm. nitrate film destroyed.
  • -  The George Kleine Collection of early motion pictures in the Library of Congress : a catalog / prepared by Rita Horwitz and Harriet Harrison with the assistance of Wendy White. Library of Congress, 1980.
  • -  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 (50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (61 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (61 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (140 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (140 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 2010 (viewing print)
  • FLA 4566 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FEC 2835 (viewing print)
  • FRA 4413 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 1600 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRA 3773 (non-viewing print)
  • FRB 0906 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0547D (paper pos)
  • Box 5106B (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp73009200

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, Kleine, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73009200/.

APA citation style:

Porter, E. S., Thomas A. Edison, I., Kleine, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1904) Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73009200/.

MLA citation style:

Porter, Edwin S., Camera, et al. Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp73009200/>.