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EPILEPTIC SEIZURE, NOS. 1-9, WALTER G. CHASE (1905).
THIS WALTER G. CHASE FILM ABOUT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WAS
PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION AGAINST A
BACKDROP OF DARK CANVAS. THE PATIENTS WERE PLACED ON THE
GROUND IN FRONT OF THE BACKDROP AND THEN THEIR SEIZURES
WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. THE SUBJECTS WERE BOTH MALES AND FEMALES
OF VARIOUS AGES. PATIENTS ARE SHOWN ENDURING MUSCLE
STRICTURES. ACCORDING TO THE MOTION PICTURE WORLD OF MARCH
23, 1907, THIS FOOTAGE, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE CRAIG COLONY OF EPILEPTICS AT SONYEA, NEW YORK, TOOK TWO MONTHS TO
COMPLETE. SOME PATIENTS ARE CLOTHED; OTHERS ARE NAKED.

EXECUTION OF A SPY, AM&B (1902)
THIS SHOWS AN EXECUTION BY GUN FIRE, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION. IN THE PRESENCE OF A PRIEST, AMERICAN ARMY TROOPS IN STANDARD MILITARY POSITION FIRE UPON A MAN WHO IS BOUND AND BLINDFOLDED.

FATTY & MABEL AT THE SAN DEIGO EXPOSITION, KEYSTONE (1915).
A GAY COMEDY THAT BEGINS ON ONE OF THE MAIN STREETS OF SAN DIEGO IN FRONT OF THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL AND CONTINUES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS OF THE SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION. THE FILM SEQUENCES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE VARIOUS CONCESSIONS OF THE EXPOSITION. ONE OF THE CONCESSIONS SHOWN IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE RACK AND TANK METHOD OF DEVELOPING MOTION PICTURE FILMS. THERE IS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN DANCERS AT THE HAWAIIAN VILLAGE, AS WELL AS A FIGHT AROUND A LARGE FOUNTAIN ON THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS IN WHICH MABEL NORMAND, ROSCOE ARBUCKLE, MINTA DURFEE, AND SOME POLICEMEN ALL TAKE PART.

FIRE & FLAMES AT LUNA PARK, CONEY ISLAND, EDISON (1904)
IN ORDER TO PHOTOGRAPH THIS FILM, THE CAMERA WAS PLACED FAR ENOUGH BACK FROM THE SCENE AND HIGH ENOUGH FROM THE GROUND TO ALLOW THE LENSES TO PICK UP THE SCENES OF THE ARRIVAL OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS HOOK-AND-LADDER WAGONS, PUMPERS, PERSONNEL CARTS, HOSE CARTS, ETC. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ACTION, A SIMULATED FIRE IN A FIVE STORY BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK, THE CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHED THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRE ENGINES. THE FILM RECORDS A DEMONSTRATION OF EVERY FORM OF FIRE APPARATUS KNOWN AT THE TIME, AND INCLUDES PEOPLE JUMPING FROM THE BUILDING INTO RESCUE NETS. AS THE FILM ENDS, A CURTAIN IS DRAWN TO OBSURE THE ACTION FROM THE SPECTATORS AND THE CAMERA.

FIRING BY SQUAD, GATLING GUN, EDISON (1897)
THIS FILM IS OF A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION. THE GATLING GUN CREW APPEAR AND FIRE BY SQUAD TO DEMONSTRATE THE FIRING POWER OF AN EIGHT-MAN SQUAD. SMOKELESS POWDER WAS NOT YET BEING USED. SEE ALSO: GATLING GUN CREW IN ACTION AND MOUNT AND DISMOUNT, GATLING GUN.

FROM SHOW GIRL TO BURLESQUE QUEEN, AM&B (1903)
A YOUNG WOMAN IS STANDING NEXT TO SOME SCREENS, EITHER BEHIND OR IN THE WINGS OF A STAGE OR A DRESSING ROOM ON A STAGE. SHE BEGINS TO REMOVE HER CLOTHING - FIRST THE DRESS, THEN A SLIP, ANOTHER SLIP AND ANOTHER - DOWN TO HER FOURTH PETTICOAT. WITH A VERY FETCHING SMILE, SHE GOES BEHIND A SCREEN. SEVERAL OTHER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING FALL TO THE FLOOR, HAVING BEEN TOSSED OVER THE SCREEN. IN THE LAST SCENE, THE YOUNG WOMAN EMERGES. SHE IS HALF-CLOTHED BUT IS WEARING LONG STOCKINGS. THE DRESSING ROOM DOOR OPENS AND A MAN IN A BAND COSTUME LOOKS APPROVINGLY AT WHAT HE SEES.

GIRLS DANCING CAN-CAN, AM&B (1902)
EIGHT WOMEN, FOUR DRESSED IN FULL-LENGTH SKIRTS AND FOUR IN BLOOMERS AND BOOTS, GO THROUGH AN ORGANIZED DANCE ROUTINE IN FRONT OF A PAINTED BACKDROP ON THE STAGE. SEE ALSO: GIRLS PLAYING SEE-SAW AND GIRLS SWINGING.

GOING TO THE HUNT, MEADOWBROOK, AM&B (1902)
THE SUBJECT IS A FOX HUNT. THE CAMERA TAKES IN THE CLUB HOUSE AND STABLES. AS THE FILM PROGRESSES, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY HORSEBACK RIDERS ACCOMPANIED BY A GROUP OF DOGS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE ARCHWAY OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. THESE HORSE-DRAWN, FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLES FILLED WITH PASSENGERS CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE END OF THE FILM. SEE ALSO: THE MEADOWBROOK HUNT CLUB, LONG ISLAND.

GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT AND STAFF, AM&B (1902)
A PARADE LED BY TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION, AND GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT CAN BE SEEN ONLY IN THE FIRST FEW FEET OF FILM. THE REMAINDER SHOWS HIS STAFF AND MILITARY ESCORT. DEWEY HOMECOMING, NEW YORK.

THE GREAT FIRE RUINS, CONEY ISLAND, EDISON (1903)
IN ORDER TO PHOTOGRAPH THE CATASTROPHE, THE CAMERAMAN PLACED HIS CAMERA IN SEVERAL POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEVASTATED AREA. THE OPENING SCENES, AS THE CAMERA PANS, SHOW THE REMAINS OF A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND WORKMEN WRECKING THE DANGEROUS STANDING WALLS. OTHER CAMERA POSITIONS SHOW CLOSER VIEWS OF FIRES STILL BURNING BECAUSE OF SHORTED POWER LINES, DEMOLITION OF BRICK WALLS LEFT STANDING, ETC.