Annual parade, New York Fire Department /

"Taken in front of the reviewing stand at Madison Square, New York City. Shows the arrival of Mayor McClellan, and other New York officials. The parade is headed by Chief Croker and battalion chiefs. The firemen march in double columns reaching across the street from curb to curb and are followed by engines, hook and ladder trucks, water-towers, etc. The life-saving crews carry scaling ladders, nets and other paraphernalia. An excellent picture of it"--Edison films catalog, no. 288.

H46128 U.S Copyright Office

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 17May04; H46128.

Cameraman, Edwin S. Porter.

Duration: 4:43 at 16 fps.

Filmed May 14, 1904 in New York City.

Paper print shelf number (LC 1945) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.

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Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 9; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 23; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July, 1906, p. 91.

Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Paper print roll lacking suffix.

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