Lost in Time: Unveiling the Charm of 1910 New York City | Rare Historic Footage Revealed!

From History City
This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to New York's famous skyscraper, the Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building, with a panorama of the surroundings. The cameraman elevates his camera, going from street level to the roof.

Names

Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.

Headings

- Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York

Genre

Actualities (Motion pictures)
Silent films
Short films
Nonfiction films

Notes

- H32387 U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.
- Camera, Robert K. Bonine.
- Duration: 1:00 at 15 fps.
- Date of distribution from AFI catalog : film beginnings, 1893-1910.
- Approximate footage of paper roll from Biograph production log.
- Photographed October 8, 1902. Location: New York, N.Y.
- Biograph production no. 2251.
- Paper print shelf number (LC 1764) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 238; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 300; Biograph production log, v. 1, p. 134-135.
- Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5575 to FZA 2325.