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"Columbia" winning the cup (1899)
From Edison films catalog: The decisive moment in the great International Yacht Races is shown in this picture. Against a background of well defined clouds, the Light Boat is seen...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: America's Cup races; Yacht racing--United States; Columbia (Yacht)Yachts; ActualitySports (Nonfiction);
Duration: 00:01:33
Popularity (downloads): 2165
 
Claremont Theatre, N.Y. (1915)
Shows the entrance to the Claremont Theatre in New York City at 135th St. and Broadway where Edison is showing Gertrude McCoy and Bigelow Cooper in On the stroke of...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Theaters--New York (State); Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:03:42
Popularity (downloads): 1652
 
Easter Sunday, Atlantic City boardwalk (1904)
Crowds of people in their Easter finery parade on the boardwalk near Green's Hotel, and near a pier in Atlantic City. Some people ride in stroller chairs, one man pushes...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Easter; Parades--Atlantic City (N.J.); Holidays; Documentary films; Silent films; Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:02:13
Popularity (downloads): 1161
 
End of school day at coeducational school (1914)
A factual film in which exuberant boys and girls, apparently high school students, walk through the arches of a school building and down the steps. Most of the boys wear...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: High schools students; Silent films; Short films; Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:02:23
Popularity (downloads): 1410
 
Labor Day parade (1904)
Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Labor Day; Parades--Massachusetts; Holidays; Fire engines; Parade floats--Massachusetts; Leominster (Mass. )Documentary films; Silent films; Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:03:13
Popularity (downloads): 916
 
Lancaster, Pa., high school (2019)
Shows boys and girls going out the door and down the steps of a high school building in Lancaster, Pa. The boys come out first, led by a man, probably...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: High schools; High school students; Lancaster (Pa.); Documentary films; Silent films; Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:01:56
Popularity (downloads): 986
 
Albany, N.Y., fire department (1901)
A sidewalk crowd on a main street of Albany, N.Y., watches as fourteen pieces of horse-drawn fire equipment quickly pass by.

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Fire departments; Albany (N.Y.); Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:01:42
Popularity (downloads): 1309
 
Annual baby parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904)
Shows the Baby Parade at Asbury Park, N.J., in 1904. Includes scenes of boys (dressed as soldiers and sailors) and girls (dressed in oriental costume) marching in groups, mothers pushing...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Parades; Children; Parade floats; Asbury Park (N.J.)--Social life and customs; New Jersey--Social life and customs; Actuality--Short;
Duration: 00:03:44
Popularity (downloads): 926
 
Annual parade, New York fire department (1904)
Dignitaries are shown as they alight from a horse-drawn brougham and enter the speaker's bleachers. Next, personnel of the New York Fire Department walk by the camera. One of every...

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Parades; Fire departments; Actuality--Shorts;
Duration: 00:04:43
Popularity (downloads): 855
 
Armour's electric trolley (1897)
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Shows the private electric railway of Messrs. Armour & Co. in their great Chicago yards.

Genre: Historical
Keywords: Railroads; Industrial--Illinois--Chicago; Electric railroads--Illinois--Chicago; Stockyards--Illinois--Chicago; Meat industry and trade--Illinois--Chicago; Armour and Company; Actuality;
Duration: 00:00:26
Popularity (downloads): 1635
 

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