Film or VideoTrain taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O.
Main title
- Train taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O. / American Mutoscope & Biograph Company.
Published/Created
- United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903.
- United States.
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- Digital viewing copy https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00060845 opens in a new window
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Description
- 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.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 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.
LC classification
- FLA 3583 (viewing print)
- FEC 1884 (viewing print)
- FRA 0857 (dupe neg pic)
- FPF 0807 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 1720 (master pos pic)
- Box 0707 (paper pos)
- Box 5227F (paper pos, copy 2)
Variant title
- Train taking up mail bag, United States Post Office
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Credits
- Cameraman, A.E. Weed.
Summary
- "The subject of this Postal Department documentary is "snatching" the mail bag from the suspended post by the railroad mail clerk. As the film begins, a man climbs the steps leading to the device that suspends the mail bag in the air. A train can be seen in the distance approcaching the mail bag. At the end of the film, the mail bag is just being snatched from the suspension device"--Early motion pictures.
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Notes
- Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 01Oct03; H36399.
- Duration: ca. 1 minute.
- Biograph production no. 2576.
- Paper print shelf number (LC 0571) 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. 332; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1085; Biograph production logs.
- Filmed September 21, 1903 in Saint Georges, Maryland.
- Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Acquisition source
- paper pos Received: 1903-10-01; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
Additional formats
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
LCCN
- 00564551
Copyright reg no.
- H36399 U.S Copyright Office
Geographic area code
- n-us-md
Other system no.
- 11909724
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
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- Film or Video
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