Porter, Edwin S., camera Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) moving image motion picture two-dimensional moving image Actualities (Motion pictures) Silent films. Short films. Nonfiction films. xxu monographic United States Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 1903 19030509 eng

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viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (49 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (49 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly paper, and stuffing it into large sacks. In the background a man in a hat with an emblem on it can be seen unloading trash from a large wagon. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32038. Duration: 1:42 at 15 fps. According to the New York times, on May 9, 1903, "Doctor John McGaw Woodbury, Commissioner of Street Cleaning, has installed an extemporized garbage incinerator in the abandoned public school building at North Moore and Varick Streets [to demonstrate] the possibilities of dry rubbish of which 90 per cent is waste paper, as a substitute for coal." As this film was taken on the same day as the demonstration, it is likely that the location is North Moore and Varick Street, rather than the New York City Sanitation Department's East 17th Street facility, or the incinerator at West 47th Street. Paper print shelf number (LC 1870) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLC Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 306; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1001; New York times, May 10, 1903, p. 3, viewed online October 2, 2019 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Camera, Edwin S. Porter. Photographed May 9, 1903 in New York City. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. paper pos Received: 1903-05-20; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. n-us-ny New York (N.Y.). Department of Street Cleaning. Refuse and refuse disposal New York (State) New York Waste products as fuel New York (State) New York Sanitation workers New York (State) New York Incinerators New York (State) New York FLA 4884 (viewing print) FEB 9421 (viewing print) FRA 2861 (dupe neg pic) FPE 5304 (dupe neg pic) FRB 0807 (master pos pic) Box 0095 (paper pos) Box 5166F (paper pos, copy 2) Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01870067 AVCMS (DLC) 1870067 00694386 aacr amim DLC 910626 20250606182146.5 12024347 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)