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Esquimaux game of snap-the-whip / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- William McKinley
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.).
- Pan-American Exposition.
- Eskimos--Games.
- Eskimos.
- Exhibitions--United States.
- Exhibitions.
- Whips.
- Buffalo (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- 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. 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.
- Notes:
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 9Aug1901; H7499.
- Original duration: 0:21 at 20 fps.
- The Edison company distributed this film and the film "Esquimaux Game of Leap-frog" as one film, entitled "Scene in the Esquimaux Village."
- The Edison Company summary was excerpted to include only descriptions of scenes appearing in this film.
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 701797988
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