Film, Video Charleston chain-gang
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Title
- Charleston chain-gang
Summary
- "This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions along the long chain which secures the whole band of prisoners. They are marched past our camera to the prison, accompanied by the guards, who carry shotguns to prevent any from escaping"--Edison films catalog, no. 135.
Names
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902.
Headings
- - South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition--(1901-1902 :--Charleston, S.C.)
- - Chain gangs--South Carolina--Charleston
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H16714 U.S Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 18Apr02; H16714.
- - Duration: 0:47 at 16 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0223) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 52-53; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 170; Biograph production logs; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September 1902, p. 5; New York clipper, April 26, 1902, p. 212, viewed onlin June 17, 2019 via Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection.
- - Filmed in Charleston, South Carolina, in early April, 1902, prior to copyright date of April 18.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - paper pos Received: 1902-04-18; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 0637 to FZA 0258.
- - Paper print roll lacking suffix.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (29 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3237 (viewing print)
- FEC 1857 (viewing print)
- FRA 0561 (dupe neg pic)
- FZA 0258 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 1103 (master pos pic)
- Box 0354 (paper pos)
- Box 5559C (paper pos, copy 2)
Source Collection
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00564531
Online Format
- image
- video