Obtaining Copies of American Memory Film Collection Materials
THE LIFE OF A CITY: Early Films of New York from the Paper Print
Collection, 1898-1906
Jump to Tape Number: 19 - 19-A - 19-B - 20 - 5
Tape 19
LC Number: unaccessioned (D2 Master)
Duration: 52 minutes
| Title of film |
Duration |
Original Source |
Donor |
| Statue of Liberty |
0:48 |
FRA 1206 |
PP |
| Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge,from East River |
2:28 |
FRA 1799 |
PP |
| Sky Scrapers of New York City, from the North River |
3:23 |
FRA 2131 |
PP |
| Panorama of Backwell's Island, N.Y. |
2:23 |
FRA 2087 |
PP |
| Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants) Landing at Ellis Island |
2:20 |
FRA 2839 |
PP |
| Arrival of Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants), Ellis Island |
3:27 |
FRA 2841 |
PP |
| Departure of Peary (and the) "Roosevelt" from New York |
4:14 |
FRA 1971 |
PP |
| Panorama from the Times Building, New York |
2:04 |
FRA 2862 |
PP |
| Broadway & Union Square, New York |
0:22 |
FRA 0317 |
PP |
| Lower Broadway |
1:33 |
FRA 2848 |
PP |
| Bargain Day, 14th Street, New York |
1:22 |
FRA 0185 |
PP |
All previous titles fall within the first thirty
minutes of Tape 19 |
| New York City "Ghetto" Fish Market |
2:53 |
FRA 2873 |
PP |
| Move On |
1:42 |
FRA 2840 |
PP |
| Delivering Newspapers |
0:53 |
FRA 2874 |
PP |
| A Street Arab |
0:27 |
FRA 0419 |
PP |
| At the Foot of the Flatiron |
2:19 |
FRA 0119 |
PP |
| What happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City |
1:17 |
FRA 1945 |
PP |
| Skating on Lake, Central Park |
0:54 |
FRA 1064 |
PP |
| Sleighing Scene |
0:47 |
FRA 0614 |
PP |
| Beginning of a Skyscraper |
0:25 |
FRA 0215 |
PP |
| A Perilous Proceeding |
1:19 |
FRA 1352 |
PP |
| Excavating for a New York Foundation |
2:28 |
FRA 1990 |
PP |
| New York City Dumping Wharf |
1:21 |
FRA 2847 |
PP |
| Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City |
1:42 |
FRA 2861 |
PP |
| Panorama of Riker's Island |
2:15 |
FRA 1790 |
PP |
Donor: PP = Paper Prints
Tape 19-A
LC Number: VTA 3051 (1-inch Master)
Duration: 8 minutes
| Title of film |
Duration |
Original Source |
Donor |
| Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants) Landing at Ellis Island |
2:20 |
FRA 2839 |
PP |
| Arrival of Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants), Ellis Island |
3:27 |
FRA 2841 |
PP |
| New York City "Ghetto" Fish Market |
2:53 |
FRA 2873 |
PP |
Donor: PP = Paper Prints
Tape 19-B
LC Number: VTA 4971 (1-inch Master)
Duration: 20 minutes
| Title of film |
Duration |
Original Source |
Donor |
| Arrival of Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants), Ellis Island |
3:27 |
FRA 2841 |
PP |
| Emigrants (I.E. Immigrants) Landing at Ellis Island |
2:20 |
FRA 2839 |
PP |
| [New York City street and harbor scenes] |
? |
FLA 2009 |
Kleine |
| Statue of Liberty |
0:48 |
FRA 1206 |
PP |
| New York City "Ghetto" Fish Market |
2:53 |
FRA 2873 |
PP |
Donor: PP = Paper Prints; Kleine = George Kleine Collection
Tape 20
LC Number: unaccessioned (D2 Master)
Duration: 55 minutes
| Title of film |
Duration |
Original Source |
Donor |
| Star Theatre |
1:55 |
FRA 2853 |
PP |
| Panorama of Flatiron Building |
1:00 |
FRA 1787 |
PP |
| Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge |
0:35 |
FRA 0668 |
PP |
| The Skyscrapers |
11:40 |
FRA 2682 |
PP |
| Pennsylvania Tunnel Excavaion |
3:22 |
FRA 2887 |
PP |
| Elevated Railroad, New York |
1:07 |
FRA 2865 |
PP |
| Interior N.Y. Subway, 14th St. to 42nd St. |
3:37 |
FRA 2030 |
PP |
| Opening of the Williamsburg Bridge |
0:55 |
FRA 0663 |
PP |
All previous titles fall within the first thirty
minutes of Tape 20 |
| Opening of New East River Bridge, New York |
2:28 |
FRA 2078 |
PP |
| Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade |
1:52 |
FRA 0328 |
PP |
| Funeral of Hiram Cronk |
3:51 |
FRA 2004 |
PP |
| White Wings on Review |
3:53 |
FRA 2197 |
PP |
| New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899 |
1:52 |
FRA 1764 |
PP |
| Parade of "Exempt" Firemen |
1:29 |
FRA 1820 |
PP |
| Parade of Horses on Speedway |
0:52 |
FRA 0927 |
PP |
| Automobile Parade |
1:52 |
FRA 0139 |
PP |
| New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates |
2:09 |
FRA 1763 |
PP |
| Fireboat "New Yorker" in Action (Excerpt of Film) |
1:59 |
FRA 1999 |
PP |
| Pilot Boats in New York Harbor |
0:48 |
FRA 0010 |
PP |
| N.Y. Fire Department Returning |
0:39 |
FRA 1069 |
PP |
Donor: PP = Paper Prints
Tape 5
LC Number: VXA 8570 (Betacam-SP Master)
Duration: 10 minutes
| Title of Film |
Duration |
Original Source |
Donor |
| Bargain Day, 14th Street, New York |
1:11 |
? |
PP |
| Madison Square, New York |
0:26 |
? |
PP |
| New Brooklyn to New York, Via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 1 |
2:30 |
? |
PP |
| New York Caledonian Club's Parade |
0:53 |
? |
PP |
| New York City Public Bath |
1:12 |
? |
PP |
| Run of N.Y. Fire Department |
1:20 |
? |
PP |
Donor: PP = Paper Prints |
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