Film, Video Mounted police charge
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Title
- Mounted police charge
Summary
- "A troop of mounted police, in full dress uniform, are seen approaching the audience at full gallop; when within but a few yards of the camera they suddenly halt and each horse and rider appears full life size"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.
Names
- White, James H. (James Henry), production
- Heise, William, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1896.
Headings
- - New York (N.Y.).--Police Department
- - Mounted police--New York (State)--New York
- - Police horses--New York (State)--New York
- - Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - 60396 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 2Nov1896; 60396.
- - Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.
- - Although "Copyright, 1901 by Thomas A. Edison" appears in flash frame at the head of this film, secondary sources consulted all agree that the film was photographed and released in late 1896.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 253; Maguire & Baucus. Edison films, supp. catalogue, Jan. 20, 1897, p. 2 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 11 [MI]; AFI catalog, fim beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 703.
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Appearing: Sergeant Eagan.
- - Filmed ca. late October 1896, in Central Park, New York, New York.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FEC 8070 (viewing print)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694253
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- image
- video
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Contributor
- Heise, William
- Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- White, James H. (James Henry)