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Automobiling Among the Clouds
(1904) United States of America
B&W : 562 feet
Directed by [?] G.W. Bitzer?

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 1 October 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H51121]. Released August 1904. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was shot on 11-12 and 14-15 July 1904.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This is a series of exciting views opf a mountain climbing contest for high-power automobiles on Mount Washington above clouds. The machines are seen skirting the edges of precipices and flying around the curves of the rocky roads in a manner that seems to couirt death. (Sold in any length.)

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Transportation: Automobiles - USA: New Hampshire: Mount Washington

Listing updated: 10 March 2010.

References: Niver-Early p. 18 : Website-AFI.