Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. /
Porter, Edwin S., camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,
1904.
eng
About fifty canoes filled with people on an outing in the summertime were photographed from a single camera position from a bridge overlooking the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 21Jul04; H48348.
Footage for 16 mm viewing print and dupe neg pic from document titled, "Major footage count incorrectly printed in Early motion pictures catalog" in M/B/RS Paper Print Collection acquisition file.
Duration: 2:09 at 16 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1520) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Source used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 45.
Cameraman, Edwin S. Porter.
Filmed July 18, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Canoes and canoeing--Massachusetts--Charles River.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00060766