Film, Video Shooting the chutes
About this Item
- Title
- Shooting the chutes
- Summary
- From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A lively scene on the famous water chutes at Coney Island.
- Contributor 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]
- Subject Headings
- - Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
- - Amusement rides--New York (State)--New York
- - Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York
- Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Notes
- - Copyright: no reg.
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Duration: 0:23 at 30 fps.
- - Filmed June 18-23, 1896, at Bergen Beach, Coney Island, New York.
- - Originally part of [Unidentified Hendricks clips.18], viewing copy, MAVIS 46865-5, which was separated in January 2005 into individual 35mm pos. pictures.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 212; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 15 [MI].
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - viewing print; Received: 5/13/1994 from LC lab; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.
- Medium
- ref print. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- FEC 8078 (ref print)
- Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4040
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694138
- Online Format
- image
- video
- Description
- From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A lively scene on the famous water chutes at Coney Island.
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/00694138
- Additional Metadata Formats
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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 (1,886)
- American Memory (641,167)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (887,800)
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Format
Film, Video
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Contributors
Heise, William
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
White, James H. (James Henry)
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Dates
1896
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Location
Coney Island
New York
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Language
English
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Subjects
Actualities (Motion Pictures)
Amusement Parks
Amusement Rides
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
New York
New York (State)
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Chicago citation style:
Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Shooting the Chutes. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694138/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)
APA citation style:
Heise, W., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Hendricks. (1896) Shooting the Chutes. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694138/.
MLA citation style:
Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Shooting the Chutes. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/00694138/>.