| Let's Go to the Movies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1889 | |
| Catalog #: | 506539 | |
| Clip Number: | 506539-6 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-MIS-16-161 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:56 - 01:33:30 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1909 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | The following, with the notable exception of feature film excerpts, are historical reenactments: MS mustachioed white man wearing shirt-sleeves, vest, straw boater hat while cranking early nickelodeon projector. TLS crowd walking, mingling outside nickelodeon movie theater. Rear view TLS audience in movie theater, watching silent trick film. Title card and train robbery excerpt from "The Great Train Robbery" (1903) directed by Edwin S. Porter, produced by The Edison Company. Title card and battlefield excerpt from "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) directed by D.W. Griffith. | |
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