Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC AFI/Masson (Daniel J.) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC moving image Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft Silent films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Nonfiction films. lcgft United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1899. eng Performance of a horse diving from a tower 40 feet high into the water at the Shoot the Chutes pond at Coney Island, New York. The horse leaps into the water, is led out by a man and repeats the trick. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 23Sept1899; 61839. Title listed as Diving horses in Edison films catalog, to July 1, 1904 [MI], p. 41. On 35 mm. viewing print and dupe neg pic: main title, credits and end title lacking. Summary adapted from Edison films, March 1900, complete catalogue [MI], p. 44. Formerly listed in M/B/RS nitrate data base (NTS) under title: Unidentified Masson. No07. On 35 mm. viewing print and dupe neg pic with: A day at the circus series; [The Devonshire fair?]; Perroquets savants; Clown Sidney on stilts ("Sidney" le clown aux échasses); Trick donkey. No. 2; the parts of A day at the circus series are interspersed throughout the reel with the other films. Paper print shelf number (LC 1568) was changed when paper prints were rehoused. Sources used: Edison films, March 1900, complete catalogue [MI], p. 44; The AFI catalog : film beginnings, 1893-1910, pt. [1], p. 271; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, p. 79. Location: Shoot the Chutes Pond, Coney Island, New York. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Horses. Amusement parks--New York (State) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Diving horse https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00047244