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[Historical films: Folk dancing, international] [motion picture]

Title
[Historical films: Folk dancing, international] [motion picture]
Publication
1901-1903.

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Additional Authors
  • Cameron, Jessie
  • Dogherty, Jessie
  • Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
  • Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
  • Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Description
1 reel. 11 min. 260 ft. : si. b&w.; 16 mm.
Subjects
Note
  • Eight short films from the Historical Films Paper Print Collection in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress.
  • Producers: Thomas A. Edison; American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (no. 2, Around the mulberry bush).
Contents
CONTENTS: Arabian Jewish dance. (1903) Summary: Observers encircle an area in which four men, dressed in the costumes of Arabs and Jews circa 1900, are dancing to the accompaniment of a flute-like instrument. -- Around the mulberry bush. (1902) Summary: Holding hands, children move in a circle around a baby boy. -- A Jewish dance at Jerusalem. (1903) Summary: Thirteen persons are shown dancing a hora in the street while a crowd watches. -- Maypole dance. (1903) Summary: Approximately twenty girls, holding ribbons in their hands, circle a maypole. -- Miss Jessie Cameron, champion child sword dancer. (1903) Summary: A young girl wearing a kilt performs a Scottish dance around and between a pair of crossed swords placed flat on the ground. -- Miss Jessie Dogherty, champion female highland fling dancer. (1903) Summary: Wearing a kilt and a tartan, a young woman dances the highland fling to the accompaniment of two bagpipers. -- Old fashioned Scottish reel. (1903) Summary: Four men dressed in kilts dance several types of Scottish reels. -- Spanish dancers at the Pan-American exposition. (1901) Summary: Several female gypsies in costume dance near the living quarters of the gypsy dancing troupe.
Call Number
*MGZHB 4-2465
OCLC
NYPY926033185-F
Title
[Historical films: Folk dancing, international] [motion picture]
Imprint
1901-1903.
Local Subject
Jewish dance.
Jewish dance -- Palestine.
Maypole and May dances.
Folk dancing -- Scotland.
Local Subject
Reels and strathspeys.
Gypsies -- Spain.
Motion pictures. Arabian Jewish dance.
Motion pictures. Around the mulberry bush.
Motion pictures. A Jewish dance at Jerusalem.
Motion pictures. Maypole dance.
Motion pictures. Miss Jessie Cameron, champion child sword dancer.
Motion pictures. Miss Jessie Dogherty, champion female highland fling dancer.
Motion pictures. Old fashioned Scottish reel.
Motion pictures. Spanish dancers at the Pan-American exposition.
Added Author
Cameron, Jessie, dancer.
Dogherty, Jessie, dancer.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Producer
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*MGZHB 4-2465
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