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Elevator ascends the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Exposition

Film | Accession Number: 2013.380.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1510 | Film ID: 3920

The 1900 Paris Exposition filmed from the new elevator in the Eiffel Tower showing the ascent of the elevator and an aerial shot of the Champs de Mars and the exposition. The tops of pavilions, the iron structure of the Eiffel Tower. Entire buildings can be seen. Lanterns inside the Eiffel Tower. The tops of buildings, people walking along the Champs de Mars. Aerial shot of the busy Champs de Mars.


Duration
00:01:21
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
00:00:07:00 to 00:01:28:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 3920 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 J2K digital video file
Film Source
Library of Congress
File Number
Legacy Database File: 5735
Source Archive Number: 47179-5-1

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this archival media.
Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
No restrictions 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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