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The Resource Opening the Williamsburg Bridge, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, (electronic resource)

Opening the Williamsburg Bridge, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, (electronic resource)

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Summary
The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras. Next, a parade of dignitaries and military representatives, accompanied by members of the press, is photographed passing the camera position led by a standard bearer whose banner reads "MAYOR". The mayor of New York was Seth Low, a lame-duck at the time of filming, having been defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan. The Williamsburg Bridge, a combined cantilever and suspension bridge, crosses the East River from Delancey and Clinton Streets, Manhattan, to Roebling and S. 5th Streets, Williamsburg. Built at a cost of twelve million dollars, it held two lanes of roadway, two "L" tracks, four trolley tracks, and two promenades. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (1 min.).
Note
  • Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039
  • Original duration: 0:55 at 15 fps
  • Previously published as DVD
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782521
Instance
Label
Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
Title
Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
Statement of responsibility
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Title variation
  • Opening the Williamsburg Bridge [New York City]
  • Opening of Williamsburg Bridge
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras. Next, a parade of dignitaries and military representatives, accompanied by members of the press, is photographed passing the camera position led by a standard bearer whose banner reads "MAYOR". The mayor of New York was Seth Low, a lame-duck at the time of filming, having been defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan. The Williamsburg Bridge, a combined cantilever and suspension bridge, crosses the East River from Delancey and Clinton Streets, Manhattan, to Roebling and S. 5th Streets, Williamsburg. Built at a cost of twelve million dollars, it held two lanes of roadway, two "L" tracks, four trolley tracks, and two promenades. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time
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Cataloging source
DLC
Characteristic
motion picture
Credits note
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer
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1872-1944
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  • Bitzer, G. W.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Runtime
1
Series statement
  • New York at the turn of the century
  • American history in video
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  • Bridges
  • Parades
  • Photojournalists
  • Press
  • East River (N.Y.)
  • Williamsburg Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Technique
live action
Label
Opening the Williamsburg Bridge, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, (electronic resource)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782521
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039
  • Original duration: 0:55 at 15 fps
  • Previously published as DVD
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Control code
ASP1003084666/ahiv
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 min.).
Form of item
electronic
Legal deposit
H42039
Medium for sound
other
Reformatting quality
access
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a198261
  • (OCoLC)701797923
Video recording format
other
Label
Opening the Williamsburg Bridge, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, (electronic resource)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782521
Publication
Note
  • Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039
  • Original duration: 0:55 at 15 fps
  • Previously published as DVD
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Control code
ASP1003084666/ahiv
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 min.).
Form of item
electronic
Legal deposit
H42039
Medium for sound
other
Reformatting quality
access
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a198261
  • (OCoLC)701797923
Video recording format
other

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