Title Info Edison Motion Pictures
Alternative Title Info Subtitle: The Edison Manufacturing Co. and Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
ListSets setName: LC Early Motion Pictures
ListSets title: Early Motion Pictures Digitized by the Library of Congress
Name Aquifer submitter Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign thabing@uiuc.edu Thomas Habing
Associated Project Aquifer American Social History Online http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/
Genre Motion pictures
Videos
Origin Info Completely irregular
District of Columbia 20540 United States Library of Congress [National Library]
Language eng
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Abstract Edison's laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peep-hole motion picture viewer). Most of this work was performed by Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888. Motion pictures became a successful entertainment industry in less than a decade, with single-viewer Kinetoscopes giving way to films projected for mass audiences. The Edison Manufacturing Co. (later known as Thomas A. Edison, Inc.) not only built the apparatus for filming and projecting motion pictures, but also produced films for public consumption. Most early examples were actualities showing famous people, news events, disasters, people at work, new modes of travel and technology, scenic views, expositions, and other leisure activities. As actualities declined in popularity, the company's production emphasis shifted to comedies and dramas.
This collection features 341 Edison films, including 127 titles also available in other American Memory motion picture groupings. The earliest example is a camera test made in 1891, followed by other tests and a wide variety of actualities and dramas through the year 1918, when Edison's company ceased film production. The presentation also offers a brief history of Edison's work with motion pictures as well as an overview of the different film genres produced by the Edison company.
Subject North America (continent)
Early 20th Century (1901-1933)
Late 19th Century (1868-1900)
Modern (1701-present)
General Resources
Arts--Film
Social Studies--United States history
Arts
Social Studies
Silent films--United States.
Animation (Cinematography)--United States.
Animated films--United States.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Leisure--United States--History.
Labor--United States--History.
Education--United States--History.
Sports--United States--History.
American Culture
Identifier http://dlf.grainger.uiuc.edu/DLFCollectionsRegistry/Collection/635
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Record Info Records originated with the DLF Newsletter, 2000-2005, from which they were converted into a FileMaker database. The FileMaker DB was imported into a database system currently maintained by the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Records for collections added after 2005 were created in this database as part of the Aquifer American Social History Online project. This database is currently being maintained as part of the Aquifer American Social History Online project. 2008-04-23 eng English Digital Library Federation (DLF) oai:dlfcollectionsregistry.grainger.uiuc.edu:635
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