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Film, Video Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2 Variant title from Edison motion pictures: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show

About this Item

Title

  • Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2

Other Title

  • Variant title from Edison motion pictures: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show

Summary

  • Crowds of people watch a parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Newark, New Jersey. In the procession are mounted cavalry, American Indians, Arabs, Cossacks, Turks, Abysinnians, hosts of other riders, and many carriages.

Names

  • Heise, William, production, camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Headings

  • -  Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917
  • -  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company

Genre

  • Filmed parades
  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Peep shows (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  38212 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22June1898; 38212.
  • -  Appearing: Buffalo Bill Cody and his Congress of Rough Riders of the World.
  • -  Camera: William Heise.
  • -  Photographed in Newark, New Jersey on May 20, 1898.
  • -  Summary derived from an account in the Phonoscope, November, 1898, as quoted in Musser's Edison motion pictures.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1795) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 244; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 442.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 2 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4809 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1818 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 1819 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRB 0882 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0182A (paper pos)
  • Box 5145A (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015600173

Access Advisory

  • Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment.

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2. produceds by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015600173/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1898) Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2. Heise, W., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015600173/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2. prod by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015600173/>.