Fishing smacks /
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
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co.,
1897.
eng
Taken at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor. From a single camera position, several small fishing vessels can be seen tied to the Wharf. Several men unload fish from the hold of the boat nearest to the camera.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60563.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Summary taken from F.Z. Maguire catalogue and from Early motion pictures.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1030) 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 ca. 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.
Smacks (Fishing boats)
Fishing boats--California--San Francisco.
Fishers--California--San Francisco.
Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Fishing smacks
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