The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows a large tent of animal skins in front of which are two spectators watching two participants perform a game of skill using whips.From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: SCENE IN THE ESQUIMAUX VILLAGE. Ungulado. [code for telegraphic orders]. The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short summer. Class B 75 ft. $9.00Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Aug1901; H7499.Duration: 0:21 at 20 fps.Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.Location: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.T...
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"The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves...
In 1897, Thomas A. Edison designed and built the first Projecting Kinetoscope. Edison’s Kinetoscope...
Large crowd of spectators watching the filming. Some are sitting on the roof of a historic building....
The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows buildings resembling igloos on ice floes...
The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, an...
Large arches and columns are seen surrounding a flat field. In the foreground of the field, some Ame...
The film begins with a slow pan over the tower building of the exposition, which was lighted by elec...
The film was photographed from the area back of the midway of the Pan-American Exposition. The immed...
"The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter and after a careful perusa...
From Edison films catalog: Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number...
At the beginning of the film, at a distance of about one-hundred feet, is a two-story building with ...
The title indicates that this film was taken from a balloon. However, there is no aerial photography...
From Edison films catalog: Scene I--Driving into the Grounds. Scene II--Machinery department. Scene ...
From Edison films catalog: The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young...
"The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys [i.e., hockey sticks] and trying to hit the dis...
"The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves...
In 1897, Thomas A. Edison designed and built the first Projecting Kinetoscope. Edison’s Kinetoscope...
Large crowd of spectators watching the filming. Some are sitting on the roof of a historic building....