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[Lancaster, Pa., high school] /

Shows boys and girls going out the door and down the steps of a high school building in Lancaster, Pa. The boys come out first, led by a man, probably a teacher, holding a young boy's hand. The boys wear suits,... More

Push carts--East side - movie film screenshot

Market scenes which show push cart vendors displaying a variety of merchandise on a busy, crowded street in what appears to be a multi-ethnic tenement district. Camera is mounted on a moving vehicle and passes ... More

Albany, N.Y., fire department /

A sidewalk crowd on a main street of Albany, N.Y., watches as fourteen pieces of horse-drawn fire equipment quickly pass by. Copyright: no reg. Main title lacking; out of frame at 12 ft. Duration: 1:42 at 18 fp... More

Fireboat "New Yorker" answering an alarm /

"Firemen board the fireboat New Yorker docked at the Battery, New York City; pull anchor; shove off; and proceed out into the harbor"--George Kleine Collection...catalog. H32036 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright:... More

San Francisco Chinese funeral /

This film shows most of the ceremonial portion of the funeral procession of Tom Kim Yung (1858-1903), military attache to the Chinese Legation to the United States. The funeral procession took place at 1:00 pm ... More

Native woman washing a Negro baby in Nassau, B.I

A woman puts a toddler-aged boy into a washtub outdoors and vigorously washes him; camera pans left to show other women and children who scatter. H30397 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; ... More

[Labor Day parade] / motion picture

Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the camera pan... More

Skirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards

Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on the Yalu River," which shows the Japanese soldiers of the in... More

Annual baby parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. /

Shows the Baby Parade at Asbury Park, N.J., in 1904. Includes scenes of boys (dressed as soldiers and sailors) and girls (dressed in oriental costume) marching in groups, mothers pushing decorated perambulators... More

[Easter Sunday, Atlantic City boardwalk] /

Crowds of people in their Easter finery parade on the boardwalk near Green's Hotel, and near a pier in Atlantic City. Some people ride in stroller chairs, one man pushes a baby carriage, and the ladies hold the... More

Parade, fiftieth anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J

Shows a parade held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Atlantic City in 1854. Includes views of patriotic floats, a U.S. Army Drum and Bugle Corps, and the men and equipment of... More

Scenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H...

Scenes from the 1905 peace conference between the Russian and Japanese Governments, mediated by the U.S. Government at the invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt. Scenes of the dignitaries and celebrities w... More

Empire State Express, the second, taking water on the fly

"The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set between the railroad tracks"--George Kleine Collection...catalog, ... More

Mystic Shriner's Day, Dreamland, Coney Island

A parade of Mystic Shriners in ritual costumes and traditional hats, carrying a banner reading "Mecca"; some walk, some are mounted on horses, a few ride on camels and on one elephant. Many men and women in str... More

Coney Island at night - movie film screenshot

Shows concessions at Thompson and Dundy's Luna Park and Dreamland on Coney Island. Taken at night by the light of the concessions themselves. Shows both close-up and distance shots, elevated and at street level... More

Army pack train bringing supplies. /

This film highlights the role of the United States Army in transporting supplies following the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. The Army's relief operations headquarters was at their base, the Presidi... More

Crossing ice bridge at Niagara Falls

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 ... More

On the coast of the Bay of Biscay, France /

A travelog of the frontier dividing France and Spain, with views of the Hendaye Coast, France; the village of Fontarabia, Spain; Saint Marie Gate at Fontarabia; a shopping center; homes of fishermen; the fronti... More

Titanic disaster - Public domain image of a steam boat

Shows E. J. Smith, who was later commander of the Titanic, inspecting the Titanic's sister ship Olympia (i.e., Olympic), which was launched on April 31, 1911. (From 108-115', this medium close-up footage of Smi... More

[End of school day at coeducational school] /

A factual film in which exuberant boys and girls, apparently high school students, walk through the arches of a school building and down the steps. Most of the boys wear caps and most of the girls wear fancy ha... More

The dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy /

Uses clay animation to tell a story of prehistoric times. Three suitors, named the Duke, Stonejaw Steve, and Theophilus Ivoryhead, compete for the hand of Miss Araminta Rockface. Ivoryhead, an unassuming weakli... More

R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. / motion picture

An animated mannequin comedy (also known as an O'Brien plastic stop-work comedy) set in prehistoric times. Henry Saurus, the mailman, and Johnny Bearskin, the favored suitor, vie for the affections of Winnie Wa... More

[Claremont Theatre, N.Y.] / motion picture

Shows the entrance to the Claremont Theatre in New York City at 135th St. and Broadway where Edison is showing Gertrude McCoy and Bigelow Cooper in On the stroke of twelve. Large numbers of men, women and child... More

Motion picture souvenir, 15th anniversary dinner, Pathe News, Hotel Pl...

Highlights of the banquet celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the Pathe News at which guest of honor Vice President Charles Gates Dawes denounced the filibuster, and the governor of Maryland, Albert C. Rit... More

On a good old 5 cent trolley ride

Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full of snakes that got loose. A goose gets involved in the chase,... More

Poor John - movie film screenshot

Vesta Victoria, a British music hall entertainer, enters a stage and appears to sing the popular tune "Poor John," (composer Henry E. Pether; lyricist, Fred W. Leigh), using gestures to illustrate the lyrics. H... More

Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g /

This film is a spectacular pan of the downtown area of San Francisco as seen from south of Market Street. The location among low ruins was ideal to view the tall ruined buildings along and north of Market Stree... More

Chicago-Michigan football game /

Excerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the spectators in the stadium and surrounding stands, and the game its... More

[The effects of new wine] / - Art nouveau public domain image

A family travels by train to the country for a picnic; they are served new wine at a riverside café and then they wander along the banks of a river. Several members of the party become ill and have to search f... More

[The effects of new wine] / - Art nouveau public domain image

A family travels by train to the country for a picnic; they are served new wine at a riverside café and then they wander along the banks of a river. Several members of the party become ill and have to search f... More

Gold and diamond mines of South Africa /

Shows how gold and diamonds are extracted from the earth and processed in the province of Transvaal in South Africa. Pictures gold mining operations at the Joch Mine near Johannesburg and diamond mining operati... More

Gold and diamond mines of South Africa /

Shows how gold and diamonds are extracted from the earth and processed in the province of Transvaal in South Africa. Pictures gold mining operations at the Joch Mine near Johannesburg and diamond mining operati... More

Down the old Potomac / - movie film screenshot

Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel w... More

Down the old Potomac / - movie film screenshot

Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel w... More

Down the old Potomac / - movie film screenshot

Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel w... More

Christopher Columbus / - movie film screenshot

Reenacts scenes from the life of Christopher Columbus, including the discovery of America. French title and director from BFI film & TV database, Nov. 7, 2006. Incomplete: missing part of picture at end. Digita... More

Christopher Columbus / - movie film screenshot

Reenacts scenes from the life of Christopher Columbus, including the discovery of America. French title and director from BFI film & TV database, Nov. 7, 2006. Incomplete: missing part of picture at end. Digita... More

Christopher Columbus / - movie film screenshot

Reenacts scenes from the life of Christopher Columbus, including the discovery of America. French title and director from BFI film & TV database, Nov. 7, 2006. Incomplete: missing part of picture at end. Digita... More

The good sport / motion picture

A domestic comedy about a wealthy young woman whose poor inventor husband becomes rich when he perfects the first elevator that ever stopped even without a floor. LP12317 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas... More

The good sport / motion picture

A domestic comedy about a wealthy young woman whose poor inventor husband becomes rich when he perfects the first elevator that ever stopped even without a floor. LP12317 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas... More

The good sport / motion picture

A domestic comedy about a wealthy young woman whose poor inventor husband becomes rich when he perfects the first elevator that ever stopped even without a floor. LP12317 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas... More

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