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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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