Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-741

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00:00:48 1.27	BATHING AT ATLANTIC CITY, EDISON (1901) THE FILM SHOWS THE BATHING BEACH AT ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. THE CAMERA POSITION WAS FROM A TOWER OR SOME PLATFORM HIGH OVER THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SAND ADJOINING THE WATER. THE CAMERA PANS APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES, TAKING IN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON THE SAND BETWEEN THE BOARDWALK AND THE OCEAN, PART OF THE BOARDWALK, AND A GREAT DEAL OF THE OCEAN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING
00:02:17 90.26	BATTERY B ARRIVING AT CAMP, EDISON (1898) [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] THE ENTIRE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A CAMERA POSITION OVERLOOKING AN ARMY ENCAMPMENT. THE ONLY THINGS VISIBLE DURING THE FILM ARE HORSES BEING LED OR RIDDEN BY MEN IN ARMY UNIFORMS
00:03:25 158.26	BATTERY B PITCHING CAMP, EDISON (1898) THE CONDITION OF THE FILM AND THE POSITION OF THE CAMERA WITH RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUBJECT MATTER DO NOT ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUCH DETAIL. THE FILM SHOWS WHITE TENTS PITCHED IN THICK, WAIST-HIGH FOLIAGE, AND ONE PERSON CAN BE SEEN WALKING BETWEEN THE CAMERA POSITION AND THE TENTS
00:04:25 218.26	BATTERY K SIEGE GUNS, EDISON (1899) [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR; DEWEY HOMECOMING, NYC] FROM A CAMERA POSITION ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE SPECTATORS STANDING ALONG A MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN A LARGE CITY, EIGHT HARNESSED HORSES PULL A FOUR-WHEEL GUN CARRIAGE ON WHICH IS MOUNTED A LARGE ARTILLERY FIELD PIECE. APPROACHING AND PASSING THE CAMERA IS ANOTHER OF THE SAME SORT OF TEAM DRAWING THE SAME TYPE OF MILITARY FIELD PIECE
00:05:29 282.26	BOAT WAGON AND BEACH CART, EDISON (1897) THE SCENE OPENS ON A LARGE HOUSE, ALONGSIDE OF WHICH IS A SMALLER ONE, LIKE A GARAGE OR STABLE. THE DOORS OF THE GARAGE OPEN AND A FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLE PULLED AND PUSHED BY SEVEN MEN APPEARS. THE VEHICLE IS CARRYING A SURF LIFEBOAT AND, AS IT PASSES THE CAMERA, A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE PROPELLED BY FIVE MEN EMERGES FROM THE SAME STRUCTURE. THIS VEHICLE CONTAINS SEA RESCUE EQUIPMENT
00:06:19 332.26	A BOWERY CAFc9, AM&B (1903) THIS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION AS IF IN THE AUDIENCE AT A VAUDEVILLE SHOW. A BARTENDER IN A SET OF A SALOON IS CLEANING THE BAR TOP. A DOOR AT THE BACK OF THE SET OPENS, A YOUNG WOMAN ENTERS, LEANS AGAINST THE BAR AND THE BARTENDER POURS HER A DRINK. AS SHE IS DRINKING IT, THE DOOR OPENS AGAIN AND A FORMALLY ATTIRED MAN, APPARENTLY INEBRIATED, ENTERS THE SALOON AND BEGINS DRINKING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT FROM THE BOTTLES AND GLASSES ON THE TABLE. THE WOMAN KISSES THE BARTENDER AND DEPARTS. THE INTOXICATED MAN COMES OVER TO THE BAR AND DRINKS FROM THE NECK OF A BOTTLE. THE BARTENDER SQUIRTS SELTZER WATER ON THE DRUNK CUSTOMER AND THE PICTURE ENDS
00:07:03 376.26	BOXING HORSES, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, EDISON (1904) A LARGE TANBARK RING IS SHOWN FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION. BEYOND THE RING ARE COVERED SPECTATOR BOXES. INSIDE THE RING ARE TWO HORSES; ATTENDANTS PUT WHITE BAG-LIKE OBJECTS ON THEIR FOREFEET. AT A SIGNAL FROM THE RINGMASTER, THE TWO HORSES STAND ON THEIR HIND LEGS; THEY EXECUTE THIS MANEUVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN ONE HORSE FEIGNS BEING KNOCKED DOWN
00:09:45 538.26	THE BOY IN THE BARREL, AM&B (1903) THIS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AS IF FROM THE AUDIENCE AT A VAUDEVILLE SHOW. THE SUBJECT IS A COMEDY-VAUDEVILLE TURN ABOUT A YOUNG BOY TRYING TO ACT LIKE A MAN. HE IS OUT IN THE BACKYARD BEHIND A BARREL SMOKING A CIGARETTE. THE BACK DOOR OF THE SET OPENS AND A COMIC OLD GENTLEMAN COMES DOWN THE STAIRS. THE BOY, IN HIS GUILT, JUMPS INTO THE BARREL WITH HIS LIGHTED CIGARETTE AND CATCHES ON FIRE. THE OLD GENTLEMAN SEES THE SMOKE RISING FROM THE BARREL, RUNS BACK IN THE HOUSE, AND A WOMAN WITH A DISHPAN FULL OF WATER COMES OUT AND EMPTIES IT OVER THE BARREL. THE FILM ENDS AS THE YOUNG MAN, DRENCHED BY THE WATER, IS STANDING DRIPPING IN THE BARREL
00:10:24 577.26	A BUSY DAY FOR THE CORSET MODELS, AM&B (1904) THIS RISQUc9 FILM OF WOMEN TRYING ON CORSETS OVER VOLUMINOUS SLIPS AND OTHER UNDERGARMENTS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN A SET OF THE SHOWROOM OR SALESROOM FOR LADIES' UNDERGARMENTS. DURING THE FILM, SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN STAND ON A PEDESTAL AND REMOVE ONE GARMENT AT A TIME UNTIL THERE IS A LARGE PILE OF CLOTHING BESIDE THEM. EARLY BURLESQUE. SEE ALSO: THE WAY TO SELL CORSETS
00:11:31 644.26	CAPTURE OF BOER BATTERY BY BRITISH, EDISON (1900) THE SUBJECT IS A SKIRMISH BETWEEN MEN DRESSED AS BOERS AND MEN DRESSED AS BRITISH HIGHLAND SOLDIERS. THE CAMERA WAS PLACED DIRECTLY BEHIND TWO SMALL ARTILLERY PIECES, MANNED BY APPROXIMATELY TEN MEN IN THE UNIFORM OF THE BOERS. AFTER TWO ROUNDS HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM THE ARTILLERY PIECES, THE BOERS BREAK AND RUN TOWARD THE CAMERA POSITION. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE SOME BRITISH SOLDIERS IN KILTS. THE FILM ENDS AS THE KILTED MEN PASS THE CAMERA POSITION.
00:13:24 757.26	CARRIERS AT WORK, U.S.P.O., AM&B (1903) THE SUBJECT IS THE HANDLING AND SORTING OF THE U.S. MAIL. THE SORTING BAGS AND THE ALPHABETIZING PIGEONHOLE EQUIPMENT ARE VISIBLE IN A SCENE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE FEET. THE PLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE BY THE POST OFFICE PERSONNEL CAN BE SEEN.
00:16:05 918.26	CARRIERS LEAVING BUILDING, U.S.P.O., AM&B (1903) MALE LETTER CARRIERS OF THE U.S. POST OFFICE ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS SERIES ON THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT. THE CAMERA WAS PLACED TO SHOW A LARGE NUMBER OF UNIFORMED MAIL CARRIERS AS THEY LEAVE THE MAIN POST OFFICE TO DELIVER LETTERS. THEY CAN BE SEEN WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE BUILDING TOWARD THE CAMERA POSITION. SOME MOUNT BICYCLES AND RIDE AWAY, WHILE OTHERS JUST WALK. THERE ARE SOME WOMEN IN THE FILM.
00:17:20 993.26	A CATASTROPHE IN HESTER STREET, AM&B (1904) FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION, A SET OF THE FRONT OF A CONFECTIONERY STORE IS SEEN. A MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF THE STORE AND PEERS RIGHT AND LEFT DOWN THE STREET. TWO MEN, ACTING INTOXICATED, APPEAR; THEY ARE CARRYING BLASTING POWDER. AS A RESULT OF THEIR COLLECTIVE CARELESSNESS, THERE IS AN EXPLOSION. WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS AWAY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE PARTS OF BODIES (DUMMIES) LYING ABOUT. A POLICEMAN, ATTRACTED BY THE EXPLOSION, BEGINS TO ASSEMBLE THE PIECES, AND FINALLY GETS ONE MAN PUT TOGETHER. STOP ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY WAS USED TO EFFECT THE TRICK ASSEMBLAGE.
00:19:52 1145.26	THE CHILD OF THE GHETTO, M BIOGRAPH (1910) A DESTITUTE YOUNG ORPHAN IS FORCED TO DO CONTRACT SEWING IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. THE EVIL SON OF HER EMPLOYER ACCUSES HER OF THEFT AND CALLS THE POLICE. SHE FLEES TO THE COUNTRY AND A YOUNG FARMER FINDS HER EXHAUSTED ON THE ROAD. HE TAKES HER HOME, WHERE SHE REGAINS HER HEALTH AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. MEANWHILE ONE OF HER ORIGINAL POLICE PURSUERS DECIDES TO GO FISHING, AND WHILE HE IS OUT IN THE COUNTRY HE FINDS THE YOUNG WOMAN. SHE PLEADS WITH HIM NOT TO TAKE HER BACK TO THE CITY AND NOT TO DISCLOSE HER PAST. HE AGREES NOT TO TELL ANYBODY, AND THE YOUNG WOMAN AND THE FARMER ARE SHOWN EMBRACING THE LAST SCENE. DW GRIFFITH. IMMIGRANTS. NYS STREET PEDDLERS.
00:35:04 2057.26	CHARLESTON CHAIN-GANG, EDISON (1902) APPARENTLY, THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A COMPOUND BORDERED BY HIGH WALLS AND BUILDINGS. AT A DISTANCE OF FIFTY YARDS IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE CAMERA IS POINTED, A COLUMN OF MEN CAN BE SEEN WALKING BACKWARDS AND HOLDING A CHAIN UNDER THEIR ARMS. ALL THE MEN ARE DRESSED THE SAME. TWO MEN CARRYING SHOTGUNS GESTURE TO INDICATE THE CHAIN GANG SHOULD MOVE. THEY WALK TOWARD CAMERA POSITION, CONTINUING UNTIL THE LAST MAN IN THE COLUMN PASSES THE CAMERA. PRISON. SAME AS V-7007 00 45 20
00:36:06 2119.26	CITY HALL TO HARLEM IN 15 SECONDS VIA THE SUBWAY ROUTE, EDISON (1904) THE FILM BEGINS WITH AN EXTERIOR SCENE OF A MAN APPROACHING A SUBWAY ENTRANCE. THE NEXT CAMERA POSITION SHOWS HIM DESCENDING A STAIRCASE ONTO THE LOADING RAMP. FROM THE LOADING RAMP, HE GOES DOWN THE TRACK TO A CONSTRUCTION AREA IN THE SUBWAY. THE NEXT CAMERA POSITION SHOWS HIM ATTEMPTING TO IGNITE AN EXPLOSIVE. WHEN HE REEXAMINES THE FUSE, AN EXPLOSION OCCURS, PROPELLING HIM THROUGH THE TUNNEL TO HARLEM. THE PICTUE ENDS AS HE DESCENDS THROUGH A ROOF AND LANDS ON A WOMAN WHO IS WASHING HER HANDS AND FACE. NEW YORK CITY.
00:38:48 2281.26	THE CONEY ISLAND BEACH PATROL, AM&B (1904) TWO SMALL BOYS WITH POLICEMEN'S HATS AND NIGHTSTICKS ARE STRUGGLING WITH ANOTHER SMALL BOY. THE OBJECT OF THEIR STRUGGLE SEEMS TO BE TO ARREST HIM. APPROACHING THE CAMERA FROM A DISTANCE ARE TWO MEN IN BATHING SUITS, PRETENDING THEY ARE HORSES, AND PULLING WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PATROL CART. THE SMALL CULPIT IS PUT IN THE WAGON AND TAKEN BACK TO A TENT ON THE SAND. THE TENT BEARS THE SIGN "POLICE PATROL HEADQUARTERS."
00:41:34 2447.26	THE CORSET MODEL, AM&B (1903) IN A DRESSMAKER'S SHOP, A WOMAN CAN BE SEEN STANDING BEHIND A DUMMY. THE DUMMY IS DRESSED IN A CORSET AND OTHER UNDERGARMENTS. THE WOMAN IS STANDING BEHIND THE DUMMY IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM IT. HOWEVER, SHE MOVES, AND THE VIEWER BECOMES AWARE OF THE ILLUSION. THE MANAGER PROCEEDS TO DISMANTLE THE DUMMY. OTHER PEOPLE ENTER THE SHOP, AND A LIVE WOMAN MODELS THE CORSET.
00:42:39 2512.26	A COUPLE OF LIGHTWEIGHTS AT CONEY ISLAND, AM&B (1904) THE FILM, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION LOCATED ON A SANDY BEACH, SHOWS TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN BATHING DRESS AND BOXING GLOVES SPARRING. MANY EXCHANGES OF BLOWS ARE SHOWN.
00:43:57 2590.26	CUBAN REFUGEES WAITING FOR RATIONS, EDISON (1898) [SPANISH AMERICAN WAR] A FEW MEN DRESSED IN WHITE TROUSERS AND COATS WITH BANDOLEERS WANDER AROUND ON FLAT AREA OR COMPOUND THAT APPEARS TO BE CONNECTED WITH PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE TITLE SEEMS DERIVED ONLY FROM THEIR DRESS OR THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE POTS OR PANS IN THEIR HANDS.
00:45:12 2665.26	CUBAN VOLUNTEERS EMBARKING, EDISON (1898) [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] THE CAMERA THAT PHOTOGRAPHED THE FILM WAS PLACED ON A DOCK SO THAT THE ACTION OF THE MEN IN UNIFORM GOING UP A ZIGZAG GANGWAY ONTO A LARGE SHIP COULD BE SEEN. THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE FILM ALLOWS BUT TWENTY MEN TO BE SEEN BOARDING THE SHIP, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE THE LOCALE.
00:46:07 2720.26	CUBAN VOLUNTEERS MARCHING FOR RATIONS, EDISON (1898) THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE FILM DOES NOT PERMIT MUCH ACTION TO BE SEEN OTHER THAN A LONG LINE OF MEN IN WHITE CLOTHING BEING KEPT IN LINE BY SEVERAL MEN IN AMERICAN ARMY UNIFORMS OF THE PERIOD. IN THE BACKGROUND, A PORTION OF A BUILDING THAT RESEMBLES AN ARMY BARRACKS CAN BE SEEN.
00:47:11 2784.26	A DANCE IN PAJAMAS, AM&B (1903) THREE YOUNG WOMEN WEARING PAJAMAS AND HIGH-HEELED SHOES CAN BE SEEN AS THE FILM BEGINS. ONE OF THE WOMEN IS SITTING ON A TABLE AND CLAPPING HER HANDS WHILE THE OTHER TWO PERFORM SEVERAL TAP DANCE ROUTINES. SOON THE TWO DANCERS ARE JOINED BY THE THIRD YOUNG WOMAN AND THEY CONTINUE THEIR DANCE ROUTINE TO END OF THE FILM. BURLESQUE.
00:48:09 2842.26	A DANCE ON THE PIKE, AM&B (1904) THIS FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE AUDIENCE'S POINT OF VIEW AT A VAUDEVILLE ACT. A WOMAN DRESSED AS A SPANISH DANCER ENTERS FROM THE WINGS, CAMERA RIGHT, AND STARTS TO DANCE. HER DANCING CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF HIGH KICKS, FOLLOWED BY A ROUTINE OF HANDSPRINGS, SPLITS, AND SOME CONTORTIONIST POSITIONS. AT THE END, SHE TAKES A BOW.
00:49:21 2914.26	THE DANDY FIFTH, AM&B (1902) [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A CAMERA POSITIONED ABOVE THE HEADS OF CROWDS GATHERED TO WATCH A PARADE OF MILITARY INFANTRY COMPANIES. THE INFANTRY PLATOONS ARE MARCHING COMPANY FRONT AND THEIR RIFLES ARE AT PORT. SEVERAL COMPANIES PASS THE CAMERA POSITION. THE QUALITY IS RATHER POOR AND DOES NOT PERMIT A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SOLDIERS' APPAREL. HOWEVER, EACH IS WEARING A HUSSAR-TYPE HEADGEAR, AND WHITE-CROSSED SASHES OVER GRAY UNIFORMS. THE "DANDY FIFTH" WAS THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF MARYLAND.
00:51:39 3052.26	A DAY AT THE CIRCUS, EDISON (1901) THE FILM, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION INSIDE A CIRCUS TENT, SHOWS ANIMALS AND VARIOUS ACTS.
00:52:23 3096.26	DEWEY PARADE, 10TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, EDISON (1899) [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR; DEWEY HOMECOMING, NEW YORK CITY] THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED OVER THE HEADS OF A MYRIAD OF SPECTATORS STANDING ON BOTH SIDES OF A STREET IN THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE AREA OF NEW YORK CITY. FROM CAMERA LEFT IN THE PICTURE CAN BE SEEN THE BEGINNING OF A PARADE OF MEN IN THE UNIFORM OF THE U.S. ARMY. THEY ARE MARCHING IN COMPANY- FRONT ORDER. SEVERAL COMPANIES PASS THE CAMERA POSITION, AND JUST BEFORE THE FILM ENDS, MOUNTED SOLDIERS CAN BE SEEN FOLLOWING THE PARADING FOOT SOLDIERS.
00:54:14 3207.26	THE DECEIVED SLUMMING PARTY, AM&B (1908) THE FILM IS A SATIRE ON SIGHTSEERS IN NEW YORK CITY. EACH OF THE SEVERAL SCENES ENDS BY SHOWING THAT THE MAN CONDUCTING THE TOUR AND THE PEOPLE IN THE OPIUM DEN, THE CHINESE RESTAURANT, AND THE BOWERY SALOON ARE ALL PART OF A CONSPIRACY TO SHOCK AND DEFRAUD THE TOURISTS. EACH OF THE SCENES, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION, SHOWS EITHER THE PREMISES BEING RAIDED AND THE TOURISTS PAYING OFF THE FAKE POLICE, OR THE TOURISTS BEING INVOLVED IN BRAWLS THAT STOPS AS SOON AS THEY DEPART. }H