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Armour’s Electric Trolley
(1897) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by James H. White

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / Cinematography by [?] William Heise? / © 31 July 1897 by Thomas A. Edison [43409]. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot in [?] June or July? 1897 in Chicago, Illinois. A film in the Erie Railroad series. Musser control number 355.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [The Phonoscope, October 1897, page 13] Shows the private electric railway of Messers Armour & Co. in their great Chicago yards. The motor is drawing a loaded train of their products, and passes near to the audience at the left of the picture.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1013), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2306)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Stockyards - Transportation: Trolleys - USA: Illinois: Chicago

Listing updated: 25 April 2015.

References: Film viewing : Musser-Edison pp. 311-312; Niver-Early p. 12 : Website-LoC.

Home video: DVD.