Motion pictures. 1st 20 years. Part 2: 1903-1904

United States, 1903-1904

Film
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Compilation of silent motion pictures produced by Thomas A. Edison, photography by Edwin S. Porter.
Contents: Uncle Tom’s cabin (1903)—The Gay shoe clerk (1903)—A Romance of the rail (1903)—Rounding up of the ‘Yeggmen’ (1904)
Films restored from the Library of Congress paper prints.

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Credits

producer

Thomas A. Edison

Duration

00:28:37:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1903-1904

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319670

Language

No spoken word

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - United States - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Silent films - United States - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Silent films

Sound/audio

Musical soundtrack only

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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