Skating on lake, Central Park /

The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.
H21313 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25Aug1902; H21313.
Camera, Frederick S. Armitage.
Duration: 0:54 at 15 fps.
Length of 35 mm. print, neg and paper pos is estimated. According to Biograph bulletins, 1895-1908, film was available in two lengths. Lengths from Biograph production logs: 311 ft. or 54 ft.
According to MAVIS, 35 mm. neg is archival.
Photographed February 5, 1900. Location: Central Park, New York, N.Y.
Biograph production no. 1365.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0838) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 299; Biograph production logs, v. 1: 1899-1903; Biograph bulletins, 1895-1908, p. 65, p. 449; AFI catalog online, viewed December 11, 2015.
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 5584 to FZA 2667.