04918cgm a2200865 a 4500 12024352 20250606182146.6 mr bf dnnaranna|------ cr b| |||||||| mr bf dnnbdanna|------ mr bf fnnbdtnna|------ kh bo 910821s1906 xxu011 mleng 12024352 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-movingim qm10 2010-05-19 qm22 2015-01-26 qm22 2015-03-20 qm08 2021-02-04 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-1033 00694391 H86424 U.S. Copyright Office 19061108 19061114 19061115 3804 N4 nyc96000029 lcmp002.05386 DLC DLC DLC amim DLC n-us-ny FLA 5702 (viewing print) FRA 2682 (dupe neg pic) FPE 5302 (dupe neg pic) Box 0364A (paper pos) Box 5206A (paper pos, copy 2) The skyscrapers of New York / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Copyright title: Skyscrapers United States. United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1906. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (284 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (284 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (710 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 710 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 710 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent projected g rdamedia film reel mr rdacarrier Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Dec1906; H86424. Duration: 11:25 at 15 fps. Summary from Early motion pictures, p. 301. Filmed during the actual construction of a skyscraper in New York City, and includes several scenes of real work crews: a line of bricklayers [Frame: 1773], a man heating rivets in a forge [2459], riveters assembling steel girders [2859], men astride the steel framework maneuvering and setting a girder in place [3930], and a group of men descending on a crane line [5912]. Some New York City landmarks seen in the film include Union Square (between Broadway and 4th Avenue, 14th-17th Street), and the Everett House, opposite the northeast corner of the square at 17th St. and 4th Avenue [1056]. Biograph production no. 3258. Paper print shelf number (LC 2958) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLC Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLC Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 301; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 279, 287, 318. Camera, Fred A. Dobson. Jim Slevin, Gene Gauntier. Photographed November 8, 14, and 15, 1906. Location: 12th Street and Broadway, and studio, New York, N.Y. The story involves a construction foreman who fires one of his crew for fighting, which leads the disgruntled employee to steal. He then cause the blame to be put on the foreman, who is finally exonerated when the thief is exposed. All of this conflict is woven in and around the actual construction of the building as the work is in progress. There is even one scene of a hand-to-hand fight between the foreman and the villain that takes place on the unprotected ledge of the steel framework of the building. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Skyscrapers New York (State) New York Drama. Construction workers New York (State) New York Drama. Theft Drama. False testimony Drama. Vindication Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) lcgft Silent films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Fiction films. lcgft Slevin, Jim, cast. Gauntier, Gene, 1885-1966, cast. Dobson, F. A., camera. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Skyscrapers (DLC) 144800 AVCMS Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu digital viewing copy ntscrm 00144800 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00144800 mi/newyork ammem nsr c-MP&TV FPE 5302 (dupe neg) gd