Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon, Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Type
Label
Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon, Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Language
eng
Characteristic
motion picture
Main title
Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
701798009
Responsibility statement
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Runtime
1
Series statement
William McKinleyAmerican history in video
Summary
The title indicates that this film was taken from a balloon. However, there is no aerial photography. Instead it is an up and down or elevation of the camera on the then-famous Electric Tower built for the Exposition at Buffalo, New YorkFrom a contemporary Edison film company catalog: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ELECTRIC TOWER FROM A BALLOON. Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition. It was then slowly elevated to the top of the Tower, a distance of 465 feet, and slowly lowered until it reached the ground, keeping the Tower in view all the time during the ascent and descent, ending with a very interesting view of the base of the Tower, with crowds of people passing to and fro
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Panorama view of Electric Tower
Subject
Other version
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Outgoing Resources
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- Subject6
- camera2
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