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Fighting the flames, Dreamland
- Title
- Fighting the flames, Dreamland [motion picture] / American Mutoscope and Biograph.
- Publication
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1904.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 A-385 F C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Biograph Company.
- Description
- 1 film reel (7 min.) : si. b&w.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Documents the popular Coney Island spectacle show, "Fighting the Flames." The cameraman, utilizing his camera in many positions, captures scenes of people watching antique fire equipment being drawn along the roadway by men in firemen's uniforms, as well as scenes, fairly close up of spectators applauding parading firemen. The last scenes include the arrival of a hook-and-ladder wagon and a personnel carrier to the scene of the burning building where men can be seen hosing a brick building while others leap from windows to safety nets below. Also appearing on this reel is the Edison Company short, "Hippodrome Races, Dreamland" (1905), which features chariot races and a re-enactment of a parade in ancient Rome.
- Subjects
- Title
- Fighting the flames, Dreamland [motion picture] / American Mutoscope and Biograph.
- Imprint
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1904.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Biograph Company.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 A-385 F