Beginning of a skyscraper /
Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company,
1902.
eng
The scene is an excavation site in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen emerging from the smoke in the background.
"Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy Building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York. An excellent study of modern American push and enterprise"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16723.
Camera, Robert K. Bonine.
Duration: 0:25 at 15 fps.
Photographed January 18, 1902. Location: New York, N.Y.
Biograph production no. 2082.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0384) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 27; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1014; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1908-1912, p. 68, p. 449; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902, p. 143, viewed online, January 23, 2017, via the New Jersey Digital Highway.
Building sites--New York (State)--New York.
Excavation--New York (State)--New York.
Construction workers--New York (State)--New York.
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Beginning of a skyscraper
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