1890-1929PRIMITIVES
(BEGINS IN MIDDLE OF STOLEN GYPSIES)
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STOLEN BY GYPSIES, EDISON (1905) NYC
THE FILM BEGINS WITH A MEDIUM SHOT OF A NURSEMAID DRESSING AN INFANT. THE NEXT SCENE SHOWS THE CHILD'S PARENTS EMBRACING THE BABY AND THE NURSEMAID TAKING THE CHILD OUTDOORS, WHERE IT IS STOLEN BY GYPSIES IN A HORSE-DRAWN COVERED WAGON. WHEN THE CHILD IS MISSED, A GREAT CHASE OF SOME TRAMPS TAKES PLACE, BUT THEY HAVE DUCKS AND NOT A BABY IN THEIR BAG. A TITLE INDICATES A TIME LAPSE OF A YEAR, AND SOME GYPSIES COME TO TOWN AND THE LOCAL LADIES GO TO HAVE THEIR FORTUNES TOLD. ONE NOTICES A PALE CHILD WITH THE GYPSIES AND INFORMS THE PARENTS OF THE KIDNAPPED INFANT. THE FINAL SCENE SHOWS THE POLICE HOLDING THE GYPSIES AT BAY WHILE THE BABY IS RETURNED TO ITS MOTHER. THE BACKGROUNDS USED IN THE FILM WERE A COMBINATION OF PAINTED BACKDROPS AND ACTUAL FURNITURE FOR INTERIORS AND SOME EXTERIORS. |
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ANNUAL BABY PARADE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (EDISON, 1904)
SOME SMALL BOYS DRESSED IN POLICEMEN'S UNIFORMS APPROACH THE CAMERA, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON A PIER. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE AMUSEMENT STANDS, CONCESSIONS, ETC., DECORATED WITH BUNTING AND FLAGS, INDICATING A PUBLIC EVENT OF SOME SORT. FOLLOWING THE SMALL BOYS IS AN ASSORTMENT OF BABY CARRIAGES AND PERAMBULATORS DECORATED WITH FLAGS, BUNTING, OR CREPE PAPER. THE PARADE INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED ADULTS LEADING OR ESCORTING CHILDREN IN DECORATED BABY CARRIAGES. THE INFANT PARADE IS FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL HORSE-DRAWN FLOATS. |
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MYSTIC SHRINERS' DAY, DREAMLAND, CONEY ISLAND, EDISON (1902)
THE SHRINERS' CONVENTION IN CONEY ISLAND WAS THE MOTIVATING PURPOSE OF THIS FILM. THE FIRST CAMERA POSITION SHOWS THE DELEGATES FROM VARIOUS LODGES PARADING ALONG A BOARDWALK. SOME ARE RIDING CAMELS, OTHERS CARRYING PARTS OF FLOATS, BANNERS, OR SIGNS. THE SECOND CAMERA POSITION SHOWS THE EXHIBIT RING AND RACE TRACK. THE SAME PERSONS WHO WERE SEEN EARLIER PARADING ON THE BOARDWALK NOW WALK AROUND A PORTION OF THE EXHIBIT RING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECTATORS IN THE GRANDSTAND. |
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PARADE, 50TH ANNIVERSARY, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, WATERS (1904)
THE SUBJECT IS A PARADE MADE UP OF CIVIC LEADERS, DIGNITARIES, MILITARY UNITS AND MILITARY BANDS, FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, FIRE-FIGHTING APPARATUS (BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN), AND DECORATED HORSE-DRAWN FLOATS. THE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE PARADE AS IT PASSED BY. |
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