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Film, Video Single harness horses

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Title

  • Single harness horses

Summary

  • "Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among the drivers, Charles F. (Fatty ) Bates, the noted whip, shows up very prominently. The horses are all of very high class, and the action is of the very best. The film is clear, sharp and catchy"--F.Z. Maguire & Co. catalogue, March 1898.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

Headings

  • -  Driving horses--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Horse shows--New Jersey--Long Branch
  • -  Bates, Charles F.,--1865-1900
  • -  Monmouth County Horse Show

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  60564 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60564.
  • -  Appearing: Charles F. (Fatty) Bates.
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Photographed August 12-14, 1897 at the Monmouth County Horse Show in Long Branch, New Jersey.
  • -  Summary taken from Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0006) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 299; Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 326.
  • -  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 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3020 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0086 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0289E (paper pos)
  • Box 5080D (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016600201

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Single Harness Horses. produceds by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016600201/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1897) Single Harness Horses. Heise, W., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016600201/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Single Harness Horses. prod by Heise, Williamuction, Camera United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016600201/>.