Sheep run, Chicago stockyards /

"A large flock of sheep being driven over the runs from the cars to the slaughter beds. The sheep, pressed by the driver and frightened by the surroundings and confusion, move very fast"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue
43406 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43406.
Camera, William Heise?
Duration: 0:26 at 30 fps.
Filmed ca. June or July 1897, in Chicago, Illinois.
Advertised in the Edison films catalog as part of the "Erie Railroad Series".
Paper print shelf number (LC 0057) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 312; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 296; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 23 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 4512 to FZA 0502.