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Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY Opens with a man riding a bicycle in a backwards circle, on a stage with a painted backdrop of a city street. He dismounts, then remounts the ...

Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...

Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. (1896)

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Showing "Herald" building, street and elevated railroad. NOTES Copyright: no reg. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:11 at 24 fps. MAVIS 214311. Filmed May 11, ...

Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...

Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Paterson Falls CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A beautiful picture of the falls of the Passaic River, near Paterson, N.J. NOTES Copyright: no ...

Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / ...

Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, ...

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although ...

Investigation 4, Part 6 | Chandra Astrophysics Institute, ...

Investigation 4, Part 6 | Chandra Astrophysics Institute, Summer 2008

The Chandra Astrophysics Institute is an opportunity for students in grades 9-11 from a wide range of academic backgrounds to train for and undertake astronomy projects. The students are mentored by MIT scientists and use observations from the Chandra X-Ray space ...

U.S. cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade - Thomas A. ...

U.S. cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade - Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

OTHER TITLES United States cruiser "Olympia" leading naval parade CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY One of 20 films advertised in Edison films catalog no. 94, under the category "Dewey Doings." From the catalog: We equipped ...

Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba / ...

Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba / Thomas A. Edison, ...

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass. 50 feet. $7.50. ...

New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 / Thomas A. Edison, ...

New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

OTHER TITLES N.Y. police parade, June 1st, 1899 CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1899. SUMMARY The film shows members of "New York's Finest" parading at a crowded Union Square. There are members of the Bicycle Squad [Frame: 0396], mounted ...

Matrix Equations

Joel Schneider explains matrix equations

Imperial Japanese Dance - Edison Motion Pictures 1894

OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Gammon catalogue: Japanese dance CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894] SUMMARY From Raff & Gammon price list: Three Japanese ladies in the costumes of their country. From Edison films catalog: A charming ...

Boers bringing in British prisoners / Thomas A. Edison, ...

Boers bringing in British prisoners / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, ...

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900. SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: Here we have a mixed Company of Gordon Highlanders, Irish Fusilliers and English Lancers, as a group of prisoners taken to the rear by a troop of Boer Cavalry. The ...

Carabiner Satisfaction

This video provides an overview of how the risk of carabiner use might be evaluated in climbing and mountaineering by identifying the challenges to which carabiners are tasked and the strengths with which carabiners meet these challenges.

Loch Lomond - Logs at Steer Roast

The answer to Where or When. The MIT Logarhythms Alums perform at the 50th Steer Roast at Senior House. Hear them sing Loch Lomond. The Steer Roast was a smashing success, just like the first time in the spring of 1964, only to be enhanced by the Logs entertainment. It is interesting to note ...

Where or When - Logs at Steer Roast

The MIT Logarhythms Alums perform at the 50th Steer Roast at Senior House. Hear them sing Where or When. The Steer Roast was a smashing success, just like the first time in the spring of 1964, only to be enhanced by the Logs entertainment. It is interesting to note that the zeroth roast was a ...

FAT Chance - Dr. Robert Lustig

Dr. Robert Lustig presented his New York Times best-seller, "FAT Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease." His book illuminates the causes of obesity and challenges the dogma of "a calorie is a calorie."

Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island / ...

Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island / Thomas A. Edison, ...

OTHER TITLES Immigrants landing at Ellis Island Emigrants landing at Ellis Island CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903. SUMMARY From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge ...