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Film, Video Life rescue at Long Branch Title from Edison films catalog, no. 288: Life rescue scene, Atlantic City, N. J. / Title from Musser's Emergence of cinema: Life rescue at Atlantic City

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Title

  • Life rescue at Long Branch

Other Title

  • Title from Edison films catalog, no. 288: Life rescue scene, Atlantic City, N. J.
  • Title from Musser's Emergence of cinema: Life rescue at Atlantic City

Summary

  • "Shows a number of bathers enjoying a dip in the surf. A young lady is suddenly seized with cramps, throws up her hands, and goes down for the second time. A life boat approaches and one of the life guards seizes her by the hair as she sinks for the last time. She is pulled into the boat and rowed ashore. The picture then dissolves, showing the beach, the half-drowned girl being carried from the boat to the dry sand. A crowd gathers. The girl is finally restored, and is so overjoyed that she hugs the heroic life guard"--Edison films catalog, no. 288, p. 81-82.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901.

Headings

  • -  Rescues--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Drowning--Resuscitation--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Lifesaving--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Lifeguards--New Jersey--Long Branch

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H8692 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 16Sept1901; H8692.
  • -  Duration: 2:19 at 16 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1689) 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. Before the nickelodeon, p. 180-181; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 182-183; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July 1906, p. 81-82; Musser, C. The emergence of cinema : the American screen to 1907, 1994, p. 208.
  • -  Filmed ca. August to early September 1901.
  • -  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 (64 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (64 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 140 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4703 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9297 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1720 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5143 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0084B (paper pos)
  • Box 5139J (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

  • 00694235

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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