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Digital History Theater
All motion pictures on the WYSHS.org web site require special viewers. Currently, films are presented in three formats, QuickTime, .mpg (Motion Pictures Experts Group or MPEG), and .rm (Real Media). For detailed playback information, see our Additional Playback Information.

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Lower falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, 1899

RealMedia format - for 28.8K + connection

MPEG format - 4 megabytes

QuickTime format - 1 megabyte

Summary:
Probably part of the "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park Series" in the "Northern Pacific Railway Series" (Edison films catalog): The following pictures were taken by our artists at various points on the Northern Pacific Railway. We are greatly indebted to their officials who afforded us every opportunity in their power to obtain these splendid views. Many of the scenes are incident to the excitement prevailing at the time of the Klondike gold rush. They show the resources of this company for handling large numbers of people, baggage, freight and excursion parties, and give to prospective tourists and merchants an idea of the facilities with which this road handles traffic of all kinds (p. 9).

Notes:
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; producer, James White
United States: Edison Manufacturing Co., c1899.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 4Jan1899; 2469.
Duration: 0:26 at 30 fps.
Filmed ca. July 19-25, 1897, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 320; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 9.
Medium: 1 reel (50 ft): si., b&w ; 35mm ref print. 1 roll (50 ft): si., b&w ; 35mm paper pos.
Call Numbers: FEC 2829 (ref print), LC 36 (paper pos)
Repository: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID: edmp 0036

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