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Panorama of the moving boardwalk at the Paris Exposition

Film | Accession Number: 2013.380.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1509 | Film ID: 3925

Panoramic footage of the new moving platform installed on the boardwalk at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Children stand making playful gestures. One boy rubs a piece of paper on his forehead and hat. Some people walk on the platform, others stand still, others move off the boardwalk. Boy pulls a man off. A man hops on, takes his hat off, and smiles. Woman gets on the platform and smiles at the children. Man gets off the platform and cuffs a boy on the side of the head. CUs, people on the platform.


Duration
00:00:49
Date
Event:  1900 July
Production:  1900
Locale
Paris, France
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Producer: James H. White
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
00:00:02:00 to 00:00:51:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 3925 Digital: ProRes 422 - HD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies from the Library of Congress in June 2013.
Note
From the Paper Print Collection at Library of Congress

The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the precursor to modern-day sound recording).
Copied From
35mm b/w paper pos (16 fps); b/w HDCAM video
Film Source
Library of Congress
File Number
Legacy Database File: 5734
Source Archive Number: 1870160-1-1 (25)

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
 
Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:48:43
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