[Motion picture primitives]

Duration: 4

Year Published: 1904

Creator: .

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: White, James H. (James Henry), Shooting the chutes.; Paley, William, Shooting captured insurgents.; Heise, William, Shooting the chutes.; Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.; Shooting captured insurgents.; Sausage machine.; Temptation of St. Anthony.; Phenomenal contortionist.; [Elephants] shooting the chutes.; Shooting the chutes.

Description: Print contained neither dates nor credits.; Films originally released between 1898 and 1904 ; reissue date unknown.; Film titles taken from collection records.; "Shooting caputured insurgents" reenacted ca. July 1898, probably in New Jersey.; Note for "Shooting captured insurgents" taken from Library of Congress catalog record. Other information taken from the Treasures of the Film Archives, FIAF International FilmArchive Database.; Shooting captured insurgents [1898] / Edison Manufacturing Co. -- Sausage machine [1897] / American Mutoscope & Biograph Company -- Temptation of St. Anthony [1902] / American Mutoscope & Biograph Company -- A phenomenal contortionist [1901] / Edison Manufacturing Co. -- [Elephants] shooting the chutes [1899] / Edison Manufacturing Co.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; "Shooting caputured insurgents": Camera, William Paley -- "Temptation of St. Anthony": Camera, Arthur Marvin.; Treasures of the Film Archives, FIAF International FilmArchive Database.; "Shooting captured insurgents": Spanish soldiers line up a group of Cuban in front of a wall and execute them (0-19 ft.) -- "Sausage machine": In a comic routine, two men feed dogs into a machine that produces sausage links (19.1 -29.3 ft.) -- "Temptation of St. Anthony": St. Anthony reads from a book and gestures toward the sky. A naked woman appears, and he gets up from his seat and walks toward her. When she turns into a skeleton, he collapses (29.4-39.3 ft.) -- "A phenomenal contortionist": A contortionist performs outdoors on a garden balcony (39.4- 81.2 ft.) -- "[Elephants] shooting the chutes": Two elephants slide down a chute into a body of water at what appears to be a zoo. They climb out of the water and are lead away by men (81.8-110.9 ft.).; PFA 1601-01-11237. D0201; PFA 1601-01-11237. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: August 9, 2002, film is overexposed 22.2-29.3 ft.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE