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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Babies rolling eggs / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.


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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902.

SUMMARY
Some small children in winter clothing face the camera in a semicircle. They throw what appear to be eggs down the incline toward the camera position. From left and right of the camera, a great number of young boys scramble for the eggs. Many close-ups and mass photographs of the activities are then shown.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 07Apr02; H16124.

Duration: 1:09 at 16 fps.

Filmed March 31[?] 1902 at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Source used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, 1985.

Received: 2/2000 from LC lab; ref prints and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Actuality--Shorts.

RELATED NAMES
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (92 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg.

CALL NUMBER
FLA 3782 (ref print)
FEC 1872 (ref print)
FRA 1512 (dupe neg)

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

DIGITAL ID
awal 0768 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/awal.0768

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