Fisherman's Wharf /
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Blechynden, Frederick, 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
"Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor. The crews are engaged in mending nets, arranging lines, etc., all of which lend action to the view. The figures are clear and life size, and the scene is truthfully reproduced"--F.Z. Maguire catalogue.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60562.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1014) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 334; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 107; F.Z. Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 39.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Filmed in August, 1897, at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Fishers--California--San Francisco.
Fishing boats--California--San Francisco.
Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Fisherman's Wharf
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