Shooting the chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island /
Summary
"The camera was positioned to view the Shoot-the-Chutes concession from the best location. A special added attraction for the entertainment of the spectators is a man in a swimming suit who rides down the Shoot-the-Chutes on one ski"--Early motion pictures.
H34521 U.S Copyright Office
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 13Aug03; H34521.
Cameraman, G. W. Bitzer.
Duration: 1:32 at 16 fps.
Cameraman credit from Early motion pictures, p. 297.
Filmed July 3, 1903 in Coney Island, N.Y.
Biograph production no. 2368.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1863) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 297; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 975; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 86.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Luna park, Steeplechase park and Dreamland were an ambitious amusement parks at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City in 1900s.
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