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Panorama from Times Building, NYC
View from top of the recently built Times Building, c. 20 stories high. Vertical pan from street to sky. Then slow pan 90 degrees R to L over the rooftops incl. Hippodrome Theatre. Cont. pan until coming to rest looking directly north up Times Square to 46th Street, where Broadway (left) and 7th Avenue (right) diverge again
Horse-Drawn Streetcars in NYC
"Broadway & Union Square, N.Y." Short film at Broadway and 14th Street, New York, N.Y, 1901. two horse-drawn streetcars at Broadway one approaching the camera and the other heading away. Passengers can be seen boarding and getting off of the crowded cars.
Traffic on Lower Broadway, 1902
"Lower Broadway." Shot looking north on Broadway. Hoards of pedestrians, and a steady stream of traffic - horse-drawn vehicles and electric trams. A horse-drawn streetcar passes in front of the camera with a sign giving its destination as the "Courtland and Fulton Street Ferry."
Pres. McKinley Procession to Inauguration
"President McKinley and escort going to the Capitol. " prior to McKinley's inauguration; filmed at the junction of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street. " The film begins by showing mounted police troop, then American cavalry riding down street toward cam and turning off rt. Next come soldiers marching then various civilian dignitaries walk in the procession and come marching along the route then more cavalry. Accompanied by escort (Troop A, of Cleveland, Ohio), horse-drawn carriages, the first containing President McKinley's party, come into view. Finally a brief shot of West Point cadets marching & executing left turn. Details from a contemporary Edison film company catalog (however the order of shots described here seems to be different from the footage we have; the film must be chopped up out of order): "The parade is headed by a platoon of mounted police; next comes the Grand Marshal, Major- General Francis V. Green, and staff, as follows: A. Noel Blakeman, Lieut. Col. John S. Johnson, Major-General N.E. Thompson, U.S.A., Brigadier-General U.S.W. Day, U.S.V., Lieut. Winfield S. Overton, U.S.A., all mounted on splendid horses. Next come the famous Troop A, of Cleveland, Ohio, who act as the personal escort of the President. They present a most striking appearance as they go down the incline on Fifteenth Street, Washington. Next comes President McKinley in his carriage drawn by four of his own horses, the pair of blacks in the lead and the favorite bays on the wheel. The President is seated in the right of the carriage with Senator Hanna on the left beside him, and facing them, with their backs to the driver, are seated Representatives Cannon and McRae. Owing to special permits granted us by the United States Government, we were able to have our camera within twenty feet of the President's carriage when it passed, and an absolutely perfect photograph was secured. The President's carriage is followed by Secretaries Hay and Gage. The third carriage contains Secretary Root, Attorney-General Griggs and the President's Private Secretary Cortelyou. The fourth carriage contains Secretaries Long, Wilson, Hitchcock and Postmaster-General Smith. The fifth carriage contains Lieutenant-General Miles and Admiral Dewey. We also present excellent pictures of the Admiral of the Navy and the General commanding the United States Army as they pass. This picture closes up by showing a detachment of Veterans of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, followed closely by the West Point Cadets, who present a remarkable spectacle as they execute left wheel turning from Fifteenth Street into Pennsylvania Avenue.
Focus on the 60s - Sports and Games
Focus on the 60s - Sports and Games. Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston for a second time, black revolutionaries hail black sport celebrities, sports stars become media darlings with television ads and shows.
Focus on the 60s - People
Focus on the 60s - People. Lyndon B. Johnson, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy. Pope Paul VI in the United States, civil rights struggle, race relations, MLK assassination, etc. The turbulent late sixties.
Focus on the 60s - Entertainment
Focus on the 60s - Entertainment. Movie premieres, Beatles, Elvis Presley, actors, commercials, folk singers, television violence, etc.
Focus on the 60s - Science & Technology
Focus on the 60s - Science & Technology. Advancements & temporary setbacks in American science & technology, late 1960s.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Documentary on the history of baseball in Washington D.C. Featuring archival footage and photographs, the program is focused on two teams; the Washington Senators, and the Homestead Grays. Includes contemporary interviews with sports reporters, former owners and former players. Also includes archival footage, mostly in B&W, duly noted as such.
Immigrants Landing at Ellis Island, 1906
Immigrants at Ellis Island, 1906. First we see people who have already gone through immigration and are now in front of building, in line to leave island. Then another group arrives carrying suitcases trunks bundles; a uniformed official directs them from the dock toward the Depot. There are people of various ages classes & European nationalities, carrying all sorts of baggage. An interesting little glimpse: In BG at left there are 2 young children, a boy and a girl, who seem to have hurried ahead on their own; they stand looking back toward the dock watching the line pass by; finally they go running back toward the dock, having spotted either their family or their luggage. We catch another glimpse of them in the line, now carrying baggage (the boy carries a heavy suitcase on his back and the girl holds a bag in her arms).
Peary Departs for Arctic, 1905
Peary Departs for Arctic. Explorer Robert Peary hosts an on-board party for his departure for the Arctic on the schooner "Roosevelt" The camera pans to show the schooner "Roosevelt", a new ship which was specially designed to withstand ice, docked at a covered pier on the Hudson River. From a camera position on board, men in straw hats and fashionably dressed ladies are seen boarding the ship. Next, the famous polar explorer Robert Peary appears on the gangway in a dark jacket, mustache and straw hat . He tips his hat, consults his watch, then, just before the film ends, motions to order the departure. (Guess he dropped these other folks off on the way!) NOTE: On this expedition Peary achieved the "farthest north" record, but failed to reach the North Pole.
Lower East Side Fish Market, 1903
"New York ghetto fish market." High angle view very crowded NYC street market on Lower East Side. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors' vehicles. Vendors cutting up fish on low tables, weighing on scales, etc. Women shoppers w/ shawls and/or babushkas and baskets. Over some tables are umbrellas w/ advertising slogans: "All Cars Transfer to Bloomingdale's." (the department store?). The film seems to follow three official looking men (one in a uniform) as they walk among the crowd. ?They may be New York City health inspectors? NOTE: This market is on the Lower East Side, probably on or near Hester Street, which at the turn of the century was the center of commerce for New York's Jewish ghetto; the people were mostly from Eastern European countries. SEE NOTE RE TC DISCREPANCY
Boy Acrobat Street Performer, 1898
Boy Acrobat Street Performer A preadolescent boy street performer, wearing a baggy sweater tucked into knickerbocker pants, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera in front of a wall. He goes through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handsprings, crab walks, spins around on his head. He's very limber!
Gallery of Children
This program is designed to influence children's appreciation for fine art. Hosted and narrated by Joan Kennedy, the program follows various groups of school children throughout the National Gallery of Art as they stroll up to different paintings and look at them. The manner in which they do this is, at times, clearly staged and mechanical. All works have the same premise for their composition; depict children in their daily lives. Kennedy has geared this program towards the elementary level. 13:17:11 Panning from a shot of the Capitol Building, footage shows groups of elementary age children moving down the stairs of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. 13:18:03 Three elementary aged children observing an oil painting. Their backs are straight, hair neatly combed. After looking at the first painting, they turn, and proceed mechanically to the next, and then the next. Each time they arrive with their hands folded and their heads cocked upright. One boy points as if to make a comment about the composition or use of paint. 13:18:31 opening Title: "Gallery of Children" 13:18:50 Family looking at painting. 13:19:07 A museum docent explains Edouard Manet's, "The Old Musician," to a group of school children. Children listen attentively. The docent asks the children to describe what they see. A child in suit and tie responds. 13:19:54 A kid strolling through a wing of the museum looking at paintings 13:23:20 Paintings by Picasso and Monet. 13:23:47 Statue, fountain, children smelling fowers 13:24:49 italian painting including works by Tissot. Also work by Lukas Cranach the Elder. 13:27:52 Children looking at portrait of young King Henry the Sixth. 13:29:30 Children wandering through the galleries, paintings by Van Dyck 13:31:11 Paintings by Peter De Hooch, and Rembrandt. 13:33:09 Children are shown in a gift shop looking at posters of their favorite paintings when a counter clerk approaches them. They buy a poster. 13:39:40 The same 3 children seen at the beginning of the program, looking at a Renoir - with more interest than before. 13:41:03 Children observe Mary Cassat's, "The Boating Party", and paintings by Winslow Homer and Robert Henri. 13:44:53 credits
Gayil Nalls Cycles
Program on the painter Gail Nalls, structured around footage of Nall's paintings and an interview with her. Good short segment of footage where a comet is shown traveling through space. 01:00:01 The program's precursor, "A WETA Miniature," appears set against the swirls of an abstract painting. Transitioning to another abstract painting and a bas- sculpture, the featured artist, Gayil Nalls, is shown in her studio. 01:00:35 "The programs title, "Gayil Nalls, Cycles," 01:01:07 Nalls' piece, "Adam and Eve: Life In Its Totality, ". It depicts a bleak representation of the Garden of Eden where the forbidden fruit tree has been transformed into a likeness of the devil. Adam and Eve have had their arms dismembered, and quiver as an approaching storm begins attacking their naked bodies.Nalls describes the piece. 01:01:36 Nalls continues her explanation over images of some of her work including two different sculptures depicting an exploded Statue of Liberty "The work is there not because the work is irrational or because it doesn't make sense. It is because it is the only to make sense of the world." 01:02:02 Vs of Nalls painting. 01:02:58 VS of Nalls at work on a painting intercut with a finished piece. 01:03:21 VS Nalls at work on a painting 01:03:53 The painting, "Flame Assassin In the Heart," shows a split canvas of color; used are red and orange. VS of other works as Nalls talks about them. 01:04:58 Images from space are shown. First, a representation of a large asteroid is shown as it spins through space. Second, a representation of a comet's surface; ice and vapor smolder of it. Then, a short clip of an actual comet in space is shown. Its' head is stark white and blurs into the blue of the tail. A painting Nall has made shows her impression of the connection humankind has with comets and space. 01:05:55 Nall continues with her discussion by describing the role and responsibility, she feels, artists should have.Shots of her at work in her studio. 01:06:04 Credits roll against the backdrop of one of Nall's paintings.
Various Vacation esque footage
Various vacation esque footage. Some with Western theme, dudes, ranch like. On preview tape # 991675 Car pulling into wooded area, cars and picnicers, children building fire, cutting wood, mom in background watches kids one takes something from box. Children eat at picnic table. Car driving near mountainous road. Pan aerial of woods and road and mountain then pan to person taking picture at roadside. Travel. Sightseeing. Scenic lookout. Travel shot overlooking cliff. Waterfalls. Walking around. Looking at signs? for mountains? Pan of scenic mountains and sky, cloudy. Snow. Guy with binoculars wearing cowboy hat. Nice shot. More POV from car shots with cars and with out. Mountains and lake area. Cloudy. Scenic. Ranch with horses, dudes,. cowboy with horse walks away. Dude comes out of wooden building, (ranch?), with stuff in hands. Feeds horses. Either at dusk or sunrise. Dudes with sadle. Sadling up horse. Cu of dog. Hands rolling cigareete, cu, good shot. Licking. Feeding horses, nice shot. Ranchers eating outdoors. Lake, mountain LS. More scenes on lakeshore. Scenic. Nice. Trees, sky clouds. Dead animal and ranger, ?taxidermy. Girls walk through flowers. POV on horse, wacky shot. Mountain MS, panning. Horseback riding, serveral dudes go by camera on their horses. Scenic. More eating. Kids. CU kid with cup. Boy takes bite of other boys sandwich. Laddling out soup. Lots of boys. Feeding tiny animal, ?groundhog? More scenic shots. Zoom out, pan down to people walking, hiking, in western wear. Cowboy sleeping, hat over eyes. Drinking from stream with hands. Almost false looking Scenic shots, with Matte looking colors. Squirrel accepts nut., shown twice. slidding down hill with feet. Hking with Ranger leading. Ranger pointing out stuff. People listening. Med. shot as if in crowd with them. High angle of waterfall, with 2 girls sitting. They walk down path to riverside. Open bag. drink from stream with cup.
Howard Theater
Master 11455 Part 2 Same as catalog # 524883 Source material on the Howard Theatre, which catered to an African American audience. Contemporary interviews with theatergoers of the day, archival photographs of Howard performers, commercial advertisements for different shows, album covers and commercial illustrations. There is also some contemporary footage of the Howard Theater as it exists today. Washington, DC
Shocking! Air Vent Blows Skirt Up to Knees!
"What Happened on 23rd Street." A street level view from the sidewalk, looking up 23rd Street, with pedestrians and moderate street traffic. A couple (may be actors) come walking along sidewalk toward the camera. Just before cam they walk over a hot air vent and the woman's long skirt is blown up almost to her knees (gasp! scandalous!) She clutches at skirt, they walk on and she laughs.
1900s - Skating on Lake - Central Park
A crowd of people ice skating on frozen lake in Central Park; people are skating in all different directions, with lots of kids darting and weaving between other skaters. (Looks like it's during a blizzard but what looks like snow might just be the poor condition of the film.)
1898 - Sleighing Scene - Central Park
Horse drawn sleighs on West Side Drive, Central Park, New York, N.Y. A variety of horse-drawn sleighs ride by the camera from both directions. On a snow-covered road in Central Park. During this 2 pedestrians cross in FG; the 2nd looks like a policeman.
Excavating Foundation for Macy Building
"Beginning of a Skyscraper." Busy excavation site for the foundation of new Macys Building in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Loading dirt and rocks onto cart w/ team of horses. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen emerging from the smoke or steam in the background.
Lucky Millinder band
Same as catalog # 524931 Lucky Millinder band Saxophonist is joined center stage by other members of the brass section of a big band, Lucky Millinder band. Six members play together. Curtain opens on Lucky Millinder big band. Conductor Lucky Millinder walks out. Man playing saxaphone. Lucky Millinder claps hands next to his musicians, dancing and swinging around on the stage. Two men play trombones with snoots. A man plays trumpet.
Panorama of Flatiron Building in NY
Panorama of Flatiron Building in NY Panorama of the famous early skyscraper, the Fuller Building (AKA Flatiron Building), designed by D.H. Burnham and Company, filmed shortly after its completion in 1902. This shows a view looking across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd St.; nice busy street scene, with pedestrians, trolleys (street cars), horse-drawn carriages; Flatiron Building in near BG; slow tilt upward from street level scene along 21 stories to top of Flatiron building. The Flatiron is known as the first great steel-framed building, and is a New York City landmark.
New York Subway, 1905
Interior N.Y. Subway, 14th St. to 42nd St., 1905, the first year of the subway's existence. Very good traveling shots of tunnel interiors and subway station platforms, subjective POV front of train following another train on the same track from 14th Street to 42nd Street. Nice endless repeating patterns of tunnel beams, of light and shadow. (The lighting is coming from another car travelling on a parallel track.) Stop and go travel, picking up and dropping off passengers at subway platforms. When we arrive at Grand Central Station there is a good view of men running toward the train, men and women and children getting off and walking along platform. The people look very typical of the period: men in suits and bowler derby hats (one fellow wearing straw boater), women in long Victorian skirts & hats, boys in knickerbockers, little girl in white skirt, black stockings and wide-brimmed hat.