Taking President McKinley's body from train at Canton, Ohio /
Summary
"Here, as in the other pictures, we secured a most advantageous location, and we present a life-size view of the casket containing the body of President McKinley as it is slowly and carefully taken from the window of the car which bore it from the Capitol to Canton. The casket is placed upon the shoulders of ten stalwart sailors and soldiers and borne to the waiting hearse. 60 ft."--Edison films catalog, no. 135.
H9083 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 26Sept1901; H9083.
Duration: 0:59 at 15 fps.
Location: Canton, Ohio. Photographed September 18, 1901.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0019) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 319; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1043; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 16; Edison films catalog, no. 225, July, 1904, p. 59.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
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