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Film, Video The Forbidden City, Pekin Variant title from Roosevelt Memorial Association file: City of Pekin, China, 1903 / Panoramic view of the Forbidden City / Panorama of Forbidden City

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Title

  • The Forbidden City, Pekin

Other Title

  • Variant title from Roosevelt Memorial Association file: City of Pekin, China, 1903
  • Panoramic view of the Forbidden City
  • Panorama of Forbidden City

Summary

  • Views of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), Peking, China: camera, probably located atop the Meridian Gate (Wu Men) pans from the east, past the Gate of Great Harmony (T'ai Ho Men) with the Hall of Supreme Harmony (T'ai Ho Tien) behind it, past the White Pagoda (Pai Ta) in Pei-Hai Park, and then past the West Flowery Gate.

Names

  • Ackerman, Raymond, camera
  • Biograph Company
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1903.

Headings

  • -  Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
  • -  Beijing (China)--Description and travel

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H34805 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. ; 19Aug1903; H34805.
  • -  Additional variant titles from Paul Spehr's document "American Mutoscope & Biograph Productions, 1896-1908", compiled from the Biograph production logs.
  • -  Camera, Raymond Ackerman.
  • -  Paper Print Collection films (copy 2) are longer due to printing differences; titles were added during restoration.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1765.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1128) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Titles added to 16 mm. Paper Print Collection materials during original restoration.
  • -  Filmed on January 31, 1901 in Peking (Beijing) China.
  • -  Video files Mode of access: on-site workflow application.
  • -  Sources used: MacFarquhar, Roderick. The Forbidden City; Dorn, Frank. The Forbidden City. 1970; Early motion pictures, p. 109; the Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 24-25; Biograph production logs.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 1 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (10 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (10 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (15 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (10 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 1457 (viewing print)
  • FLA 4142 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 6194 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 1312 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRA 5847 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0045B (paper pos)
  • Box 5134C (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000090

Access Advisory

  • Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment.

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, Biograph Company, Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection, and Paper Print Collection. The Forbidden City, Pekin. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000090/.

APA citation style:

Ackerman, R., Biograph Company, Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection & Paper Print Collection. (1903) The Forbidden City, Pekin. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000090/.

MLA citation style:

Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, et al. The Forbidden City, Pekin. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000090/>.