1890-1929PRIMITIVES
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DELIVERING MAIL FROM SUB-STATION, AM&B (1903)
THE SUBJECTS SEEN BY THE CAMERA ARE A PORTION OF A LARGE BUILDING WITH COLUMNS IN FRONT THAT INDICATES IT IS A GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND THREE SMALL SHUTTLE STREETCARS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAMERA POSITION. AS THE FILM PROGRESSES, THE SHUTTLE CARS LEAVE. TWICE DURING THE FILM A LARGER STREETCAR PASSES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA POSITION. PHILADELPHIA, PA. |
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DEWEY ARCH - TROOPS PASSING UNDER ARCH, EDISON (1899).
THE CAMERA IS DIRECTED ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND SHOWS SOLDIERS MARCHING TOWARD THE CAMERA POSITION, AS WELL AS THE CROWDS LINING THE STREET. THE SECOND SCENE, FROM ANOTHER CAMERA POSITION, SHOWS HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN FRONT OF THE REVIEWING STAND; THE CARRIAGES THEN PASS BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND THE REVIEWING STAND. NONE OF THE DIGNITARIES IS SEEN. SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, PHILADELPHIA. |
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DIAL'S GIRLS' BAND, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, EUGENE DIAL, (1905).
THE FIRST CAMERA POSITION SHOWS GIRLS IN UNIFORM MARCHING IN DOUBLE FILE DOWN A CURVED FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN AN AMUSEMENT ZONE. THE REMAINDER OF THE FILM IS FROM SEVERAL CAMERA POSITIONS AND SHOWS THE BAND WEARING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNIFORMS, AND EITHER GOING THROUGH TUNNELS, DOWN PASSAGEWAYS, OR DOWN STAIRWAYS. THE BACKGROUND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AMUSEMENT ZONE IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. COPYRIGHT APPLICATION LISTS EUGENE DIAL AS THE COPYRIGHT OWNER AND AM&B AS AN AGENT IN REGISTRATION. |
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DIRTY WORK IN A LAUNDRY, KEYSTONE (1915)
HARRY MCCOY, DRIVER OF A JOY LAUNDRY TRUCK, GIVES A RING TO MINTA DURFEE, DAUGHTER OF THE OWNER OF JOY LAUNDRY. JAMES T. KELLY PLAYS THE PART OF THE LAUNDRY OWNER. THE VILLAIN, FORD STERLING, MAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO STEAL THE LAUNDRY OWNER'S DAUGHTER AND HIS CASH. THE VILLAIN FINALLY SUCCEEDS IN MAKING OFF WITH SOME MONEY, WHICH HE TAKES HOME AND HIDES IN A POCKET OF HIS PAJAMAS. THEN HE DISCOVERS HIS LANDLADY HAS SENT HIS PAJAMAS TO THE JOY LAUNDRY. HIS ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER THE STOLEN LOOT LEAD TO A SERIES OF IMPROBABLE HUMOROUS HAPPENINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE LAUNDRY AS WELL AS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. FORD STERLING, MINTA DURFEE. IN AND AROUND KEYSTONE STUDIO, EDENDALE AREA OF LOS ANGELES. |
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DIVING THROUGH HOOPS, AM&B (1902)
THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED TO INCLUDE A PIER, THE SURROUNDING TERRITORY, AND THE WATER BENEATH. ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY SMALL BOYS ON THE PIER APPEAR TO BE SUPERVISED BY TWO OR THREE ADULTS. AN ADULT HOLDS PAPER HOOPS THROUGH WHICH THE BOYS CAN BE SEEN DIVING AND LANDING IN WATER APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET BELOW. THE ACTION TOOK PLACE TOO FAR FROM THE CAMERA TO PERMIT MUCH DESCRIPTION OF DETAIL. BATH BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. |
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THE DIVING HORSE, EDISON (1899)
IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE TWO HORSES JUMP FROM A TOWER INTO THE WATER BENEATH. THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER IS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE FEET. AN ATTENDANT CAN BE SEEN GOING INTO THE WATER, CATCHING THE HORSES BY THE BRIDLE, AND LEADING THEM OUT. SHOOT THE CHUTES POND, CONEY ISLAND. |
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DIXON-CHESTER LEON CONTEST, AM&B (1906)
THE FILM SHOWS A SCHEDULED EXHIBITION PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN A WHITE MAN, CHESTER LEON, AND A BLACK MAN, GEORGE DIXON. THE FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN A NON-OFFICIAL SMALL RING. FACING THE CAMERA ACROSS THE RING ARE APPROXIMATELY FIFTY MALE SPECTATORS, ALL WEARING EVENING DRESS. THREE ROUNDS WERE FILMED. DIXON WAS KNOCKED DOWN IN THE SECOND ROUND, BUT THE FIGHT ENDS IN A DRAW. NEW YORK CITY. |
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DOUBLE RING ACT, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, AM&B (1903).
A CIRCUS RING LOCATED OUTDOORS NEXT TO THE PAVILION AT LUNA PARK IS SHOWN. TWO PERFORMERS WORK WITH A LARGE CIRCUS HORSE, DOING ACROBATICS ON AND OFF HIS BACK. THERE IS ALSO A RINGMASTER. THE HORSE GOES AROUND THE RING, CARRYING THE PERFORMERS ON ITS BACK WHILE THEY EXHIBIT THEIR AGILITY. A LARGE NUMBER OF SPECTATORS CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AT THE PAVILION RAILING. |
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EATING MACARONI IN THE STREETS OF NAPLES, EDISON (1903).
THE FILM BEGINS ACROSS THE STREET FROM SOME YOUNG BOYS WHO ARE LINED UP AGAINST A CURBING EATING SPAGHETTI OR MACARONI. THE ONLY OTHER ACTION OCCURS WHEN A SMALL CHILD RUNS ACROSS THE PICTURE AND IS YANKED OUT OF CAMERA SIGHT BY SOMEONE. NAPLES, ITALY. |
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ELEVATED RAILROAD, NEW YORK, AM&B (1903).
ALL THE SCENES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE MOVING FRONT PLATFORM OF A TRAIN TRAVELING OVER THE ELEVATED TRACKS. WHILE THE TRAIN TURNS ON THE CURVES, A GREAT DEAL OF THE NEW YORK CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT CAN BE SEEN BEYOND THE RAILINGS OF THE ELEVATED TRACKS. SUBWAY. |
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EPILEPTIC SEIZURE, NOS. 1-9, WALTER G. CHASE (1905).
THIS WALTER G. CHASE FILM ABOUT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION AGAINST A BACKDROP OF DARK CANVAS. THE PATIENTS WERE PLACED ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE BACKDROP AND THEN THEIR SEIZURES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. THE SUBJECTS WERE BOTH MALES AND FEMALES OF VARIOUS AGES. PATIENTS ARE SHOWN ENDURING MUSCLE STRICTURES. ACCORDING TO THE MOTION PICTURE WORLD OF MARCH 23, 1907, THIS FOOTAGE, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE CRAIG COLONY OF EPILEPTICS AT SONYEA, NEW YORK, TOOK TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE. SOME PATIENTS ARE CLOTHED; OTHERS ARE NAKED. |
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