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Panorama of esplanade by night

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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Education

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SUMMARY
The first objects visible in this film, which was taken at night, are the glowing light globes that outline the buildings closest to the camera position. The camera slowly pans, encompassing the complete area of the exhibit buildings, and the outlines of all the buildings are clearly discernible. Edwin S. Porter maintained that this was the first motion picture taken at night by incandescent light in America.

From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ESPLANADE BY NIGHT. Unhairing. [code for telegraphic orders] A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night. Class B 50 ft. $6.00.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901.


NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 11Nov1901; H10633.
Camera: Edwin S. Porter, James H. White.
Location: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.

SUBJECTS
Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)
Exhibition buildings--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Exhibitions--United States.
Towers--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Porter, Edwin S., camera.
White, James H. (James Henry), camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
lcmp001 m1b01674 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp001.m1b01674

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