Film, Video Sutro Baths Title in Edison films catalog: Sutro Baths, no. 2
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Title
- Sutro Baths
Other Title
- Title in Edison films catalog: Sutro Baths, no. 2
Summary
- "Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
- "A large indoor swimming pool is shown, as well as the walkways that separate the varying depths of the water, and a sign identifying the locale on the wall farthest from the camera position. In the immediate foreground, camera right , is a slide that begins its incline high in the air above the water and affords entrance into the water below"--Early motion pictures.
Names
- White, James H. (James Henry), production
- Blechynden, Frederick, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.
Headings
- - Sutro Baths (San Francisco, Calif.)
- - Swimming pools--California--San Francisco
- - Swimmers--California--San Francisco
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - 52619 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20Sept1897; 52619.
- - Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0005) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 333; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 45 [MI].
- - Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
- - Filmed August 22, 1897, at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3019 (viewing print)
- FEC 1495 (viewing print)
- FRA 0051 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 6795 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0351P (paper pos)
- Box 5288F (paper pos, copy 2)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694314
Online Format
- image
- video
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Part of
- America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894 to 1915 (158)
- Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies (432)
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (926)
- National Screening Room (1,168)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,592,764)
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Contributor
- Blechynden, Frederick
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- White, James H. (James Henry)