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Film, Video Tourists going round Yellowstone Park Title in Edison films catalog: Coaching party, Yellowstone Park / Tourists going around Yellowstone Park / Coaching party, Yellowstone Park

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Title

  • Tourists going round Yellowstone Park

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog: Coaching party, Yellowstone Park
  • Tourists going around Yellowstone Park
  • Coaching party, Yellowstone Park

Summary

  • "The following pictures were taken by our artists at various points on the Northern Pacific Railway...Rapidly one after the other coach after coach passes before the camera. First comes a big one, six horses, crowded top and inside with tourists. They wave hats and handkerchiefs as they pass. Then comes another; then follows four more, each drawn by a four-horse team, while ten or a dozen more are strung out far into the distance. This is the Christian Endeavor excursion touring through the Yellowstone Park under the able management of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production
  • Blechynden, Frederick, camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., c1899.

Headings

  • -  Tourism--Wyoming
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles--Wyoming
  • -  Christians--Travel--Wyoming
  • -  Yellowstone National Park

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  2467 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 4Jan1899; 2467.
  • -  Duration: 0:18 at 30 fps.
  • -  Advertised as part of the Alaska and Yellowstone National Park Series, Northern Pacific Railway Series in the Edison films catalog.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1259) 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. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 317-318; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 331; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 12 [MI].
  • -  Filmed around July 19-25, 1897, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
  • -  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.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEB 9646 to FYA 1113.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5022 to FZA 2348.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4273 (viewing print)
  • FYA 1113 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1428 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2348 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0074P (paper pos)
  • Box 5036F (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

  • 00694320

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Blechynden, Frederick, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Tourists going round Yellowstone Park. produceds by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694320/.

APA citation style:

Blechynden, F., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1899) Tourists going round Yellowstone Park. White, J. H. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694320/.

MLA citation style:

Blechynden, Frederick, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Tourists going round Yellowstone Park. prod by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694320/>.