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AMBROSE'S LOFTY PERCH PART II, KEYSTONE (1915)
A KING, PLAYED BY MACK SWAIN, SEEKS A QUEEN TO HELP HIM
RULE HIS KINGDOM. FINALLY HE SELECTS LOUISE FAZENDA, ONE OF
THE MAIDENS IN HIS KINGDOM. AFTER THEY ARE MARRIED, ROBIN,
A YOUNG MAN THE QUEEN HAD KNOWN EARLIER, ATTEMPTS TO STEAL
HER FROM HER ROYAL HUSBAND. IN THE FOLLOWING SCENES ARROWS
WITH NOTES ATTACHED AND A BOMB PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS IN THE
ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THE QUEEN FROM HER KING.

AMBULANCE AT THE ACCIDENT, EDISON (1897)
A MAN IS LYING ACROSS THE COWCATCHER OF A HALTED STREETCAR BEARING A SIGN SAYING "WEST ORANGE." MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IN THE BACKGROUND. A HORSE-DRAWN AMBULANCE ARRIVES, AND THE DRIVER AND HIS HELPER IN UNIFORM REMOVE THE INJURED MAN FROM THE GROUND, PUT HIM IN THE AMBULANCE, AND DEPART. (SEE ALSO: AMBULANCE CALL)

ARMOUR'S ELECTRIC TROLLEY, EDISON (1897)
AS THE FILM BEGINS, A LARGE WALL OF A BUILDING CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND. PROGRESSING FROM THAT WALL TOWARD THE CAMERA ARE TRAIN TRACKS. A SMALL ELECTRIC TRAIN PULLING EIGHT SMALL FOUR-WHEELED FLATCARS, LADEN WITH BOXES AND BARRELS AND LABELED "ARMOUR" APPROACH THE CAMERA POSITION

ATLANTIC CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AM&B (1902)
THE FILM SHOWS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRE-FIGHTING APPARATUS AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. THE CAMERA WAS PLACED ON A STREET AND, AS THE EQUIPMENT APPROACHED THE CAMERA POSITION, AS MUCH FILM AS POSSIBLE WAS RUN THROUGH THE CAMERA. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE DEMONSTRATION.

AUTO BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON, AM&B (1904)
THE SINGLE CAMERA POSITION WAS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE JUDGE OF THE COURSE. THE FILM SHOWS A BOAT RACE BETWEEN SMALL, MOTOR-DRIVEN SPEEDBOATS, WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET LONG WITH THE INBOARD ENGINE DECKED OVER. MANY BOATS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS AND SPECTATORS CAN BE SEEN AS IF THE LOCALE WERE A YACHT CLUB BASIN OR YACHT MOORING. PARTICIPANTS IN THE RACE WERE W.K. VANDERBILT, JR.'S HARD BOILED EGG,; THE STANDARD, WHICH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD NEVER BEEN BEATEN; THE VINGT ET UN; THE F.I.A.T.; THE SHOOTING STAR; THE JAPANSKY; THE KOTIC; AND THE NADA.

THE BAMBOO SLIDE, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, AM&B (1904)
THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A CAMERA POSITIONED OVER THE HEADS OF A CROWD OF PEOPLE, VISIBLE IN THE FOREGROUND, WHO ARE WATCHING AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE CALLED "THE BAMBOO SLIDE." THE CAMERA WAS CENTERED ON THE END OF THE SLIDE. THE SPECTATORS OBSCURE A GREAT DEAL OF THE ACTION.