00:00:45 0.93 |
AMBROSE'S LOFTY PERCH PART II, KEYSTONE (1915)
A KING, PLAYED BY MACK SWAIN, SEEKS A QUEEN TO HELP HIM RULE HIS KINGDOM. FINALLY HE SELECTS LOUISE FAZENDA, ONE OF THE MAIDENS IN HIS KINGDOM. AFTER THEY ARE MARRIED, ROBIN, A YOUNG MAN THE QUEEN HAD KNOWN EARLIER, ATTEMPTS TO STEAL HER FROM HER ROYAL HUSBAND. IN THE FOLLOWING SCENES ARROWS WITH NOTES ATTACHED AND A BOMB PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS IN THE ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THE QUEEN FROM HER KING. |
00:13:36 771.93 |
AMBROSE'S SOUR GRAPES, KEYSTONE (1915)
ONE OF THE TWINS IS MARRIED, THE OTHER IS NOT, AND THE COMEDY IS DEVOTED TO THE UNWITTING CONFUSION THE TWO IDENTICAL YOUNG LADIES INFLICT UPON A HUSBAND (EDGAR KENNEDY) AND THE TWO SUITORS (HARRY GRIBBON AND MACK SWAIN) OF THE UNMARRIED TWIN. |
00:42:26 2501.93 |
AMBULANCE AT THE ACCIDENT, EDISON (1897)
A MAN IS LYING ACROSS THE COWCATCHER OF A HALTED STREETCAR BEARING A SIGN SAYING "WEST ORANGE." MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IN THE BACKGROUND. A HORSE-DRAWN AMBULANCE ARRIVES, AND THE DRIVER AND HIS HELPER IN UNIFORM REMOVE THE INJURED MAN FROM THE GROUND, PUT HIM IN THE AMBULANCE, AND DEPART. (SEE ALSO: AMBULANCE CALL) |
00:43:13 2548.93 |
ARAB ACT, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, AM&B (1903)
PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A ONE-CAMERA POSITION, AS IF IN THE AUDIENCE THERE ARE FOUR TUMBLERS PERFORMING FOR A CROWD OF CUSTOMERS IN THE MIDWAY OF AN ENTERTAINMENT AREA. |
00:44:46 2641.93 |
ARMOUR'S ELECTRIC TROLLEY, EDISON (1897)
AS THE FILM BEGINS, A LARGE WALL OF A BUILDING CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND. PROGRESSING FROM THAT WALL TOWARD THE CAMERA ARE TRAIN TRACKS. A SMALL ELECTRIC TRAIN PULLING EIGHT SMALL FOUR-WHEELED FLATCARS, LADEN WITH BOXES AND BARRELS AND LABELED "ARMOUR" APPROACH THE CAMERA POSITION |
00:45:36 2691.93 |
AROUND THE FLIP-FLAP RAILROAD, AM&B (1902)
THE FILM SHOWS A DEVICE THAT APPEARS TO BE A RAILROAD TRACK THAT MAKES A LOOP AND CONTINUES ON. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS AT A BEACH RESORT. A SMALL CAR WITH ABOUT TEN OCCUPANTS PROCEEDS TOWARD THE CAMERA POSITION DOWN THE INCLINE, UP AND OVER THE LOOP AND OUT OF CAMERA SIGHT. ONLY ONE REVOLUTION OF THE AMUSEMENT RIDE IS SHOWN. |
00:45:57 2712.93 |
ATLANTIC CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AM&B (1902)
THE FILM SHOWS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRE-FIGHTING APPARATUS AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. THE CAMERA WAS PLACED ON A STREET AND, AS THE EQUIPMENT APPROACHED THE CAMERA POSITION, AS MUCH FILM AS POSSIBLE WAS RUN THROUGH THE CAMERA. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE DEMONSTRATION. |
00:47:00 2775.93 |
ATLANTIC CITY FLORAL PARADE, PERCIVAL L. WATERS (1904)
THE PICTURE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION AND, AS IT BEGINS, CROWDS OF PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN LINING THE BOARDWALK WATCHING SMALL FLORAL FLOATS BEING PULLED OR PUSHED PAST THE CAMERA POSITION. TWO UNIFORMED BANDS GO BY AND ONE UNIDENTIFIABLE FRATERNAL ORDER. |
00:49:01 2896.93 |
AUTO BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON, AM&B (1904)
THE SINGLE CAMERA POSITION WAS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE JUDGE OF THE COURSE. THE FILM SHOWS A BOAT RACE BETWEEN SMALL, MOTOR-DRIVEN SPEEDBOATS, WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET LONG WITH THE INBOARD ENGINE DECKED OVER. MANY BOATS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS AND SPECTATORS CAN BE SEEN AS IF THE LOCALE WERE A YACHT CLUB BASIN OR YACHT MOORING. PARTICIPANTS IN THE RACE WERE W.K. VANDERBILT, JR.'S HARD BOILED EGG,; THE STANDARD, WHICH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD NEVER BEEN BEATEN; THE VINGT ET UN; THE F.I.A.T.; THE SHOOTING STAR; THE JAPANSKY; THE KOTIC; AND THE NADA. |
00:51:31 3046.93 |
AUTOMOBILE PARADE ON THE CONEY ISLAND BOULEVARD, EDISON (1901)
THIS FILM, TAKEN FROM ASINGLE CAMERA POSITION, SHOWS A PARADE OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTY AUTOMBILES OF DIFFERENT TYPES APPROACHING THE CAMERA. |
00:53:42 3177.93 |
THE BAMBOO SLIDE, LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, AM&B (1904)
THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A CAMERA POSITIONED OVER THE HEADS OF A CROWD OF PEOPLE, VISIBLE IN THE FOREGROUND, WHO ARE WATCHING AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE CALLED "THE BAMBOO SLIDE." THE CAMERA WAS CENTERED ON THE END OF THE SLIDE. THE SPECTATORS OBSCURE A GREAT DEAL OF THE ACTION. |
00:54:55 3250.93 |
THE BARNSTORMERS, AM&B (1905)
THE OPENING SCENE SHOWS A RAILROAD STATION IN A FARMING COMMUNITY. THE TRAIN ARRIVES, A GROUP OF ABOUT TWENTY PEOPLE ALIGHT AND UNFURL A BANNER THAT READS, "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN." FROM THE POINT OF ARRIVAL OF THE GROUP ONTO A SET OF THE LOBBY OF BROWN'S PALACE HOTEL, BAR & GRILL, ETC., THE ANTICS ARE SLAPSTICK. THE ACTRESS PORTRAYING LITTLE EVA, OUT OF CHARACTER, STRIKES HER MOTHER. AFTER THE PERFORMANCE, THE ENTIRE TROUPE IS RUN OUT OF TOWN BY THE AUDIENCE. THE FILM ENDS AS THEY MISS THEIR TRAIN AND ARE TRUDGING DOWN THE TRACKS TOWARD NEW YORK. |
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