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., 1902. eng The film covers four operations involved in shipping ice: sawing the ice from frozen-over lakes, transferring it by means of speciality constructed freight cars to a dock some distance away, unloading it, and then transloading it onto a waiting ship. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Feb02; H14435. Paper print shelf number (LC 1692) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. LC also holds two related Paper Print Collection films on this subject: Cutting the ice, and Circular panorama of housing the ice. Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. Source used: Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 187. Filmed in Groton, Massachusetts, probably in 1902. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Ice industry--Massachusetts--Groton. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains, and loading it into boats https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00060811