Cattle driven to slaughter /
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Heise, William, 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 : Edison Manufacturing Co.,
1897.
eng
"A herd of long-horn cattle being driven through the Chicago stock yard gates to the slaughter house, where 280 of the animals are killed every hour of the day"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.
Part of the Erie Railroad series. The following subjects present novel and interesting views along the line of the Erie, such as do not always come within the observation of the general tourist. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Erie officials, whose kind co-operation in affording us every facility within their power has enabled us to procure these unusual and effective pictures"--Edison films catalog.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43405.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0034) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 312; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 50; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 23 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].
Camera, William Heise?
Filmed June and July 1897, in Chicago, Illinois.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Longhorn cattle--Illinois--Chicago.
Stockyards--Illinois--Chicago.
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Illinois--Chicago.
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Cattle driven to slaughter
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