DescriptionUSS Texas at Grants Tomb, 1898.ogv	From Edison films catalog: Shows every detail of the "Texas" as she passes Riverside Park. The background shows the white dome of the tomb on the hill crest.
Date	3 September 1898
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Author	J. Stuart Blackton and/or Albert E. Smith
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Summary

CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Summary

From Edison films catalog: Shows every detail of the "Texas" as she passes Riverside Park. The background shows the white dome of the tomb on the hill crest. 50 feet. $7.50

NOTES

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 3Sept1898; 52048.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, J. Stuart Blackton and/or Albert E. Smith.

Duration: 1:35 at 20 fps.

Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.

Edison code name (for telegraphic orders): Umwassern.

MAVIS 48466; Reviewing the "Texas" at Grant's tomb.

Filmed August 20, 1898, on the Hudson River in New York City.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 12 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 35 [MI].

Received: 7/18/97 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 6/19/97 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 9/3/1898; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS

• Texas (Battleship)
• Grant's Tomb National Monument (New York, N.Y.)
• Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes--New York (State)--New York.
• Battleships--New York (State)--New York.
• Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations, American.
• United States.--Navy--History--Spanish-American War, 1898.
• Sailors.
• Parades--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
• Sampson, William Thomas,--1840-1902--Anniversaries, etc.
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
• Rivers--New York (State)
• New York (N.Y.)--History, Naval--19th century.
• Actuality--Short.
• War (Nonfiction)--Short.

RELATED NAMES

• White, James H. (James Henry), production.
• Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, camera.
• Smith, Albert E., camera.
• Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
• Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM

• 1 reel of 1 (ca. 51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
• 1 reel of 1 (ca. 51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
• 1 roll (ca. 51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER

• FEC 2884 (ref print)
• FPE 9301 (dupe neg)
• LC 1834a (paper pos)

REPOSITORY

• Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, *D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID

sawmp 1834 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/sawmp.1834