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Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon / 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.
- Amusement rides--New York (State)--Buffalo.
- Amusement rides.
- Exhibition buildings--New York (State)--Buffalo.
- Exhibition buildings.
- Exhibitions--United States.
- Exhibitions.
- Towers--New York (State)--Buffalo.
- Towers.
- Buffalo (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 min.).
- Other Title:
- Panorama view of Electric Tower
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- The title indicates that this film was taken from a balloon. However, there is no aerial photography. Instead it is an up and down or elevation of the camera on the then-famous Electric Tower built for the Exposition at Buffalo, New York.
- From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ELECTRIC TOWER FROM A BALLOON. Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition. It was then slowly elevated to the top of the Tower, a distance of 465 feet, and slowly lowered until it reached the ground, keeping the Tower in view all the time during the ascent and descent, ending with a very interesting view of the base of the Tower, with crowds of people passing to and fro.
- Notes:
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 14Aug1901; H7634.
- Original duration: 1:20 at 15 fps.
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 701798009
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