Opening the Williamsburg Bridge - ECU Libraries Catalog

Opening the Williamsburg Bridge / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Other author/creator	Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944 camera operator.
Other author/creator	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Format	Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication Info	United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.
Description	1 online resource (1 min.).
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782521
Subject(s)	Bridges--New York (State) --New York. Parades--New York (State) --New York. Photojournalists--New York (State) --New York. Press--New York (State) --New York. East River (N.Y.) Williamsburg Bridge (New York, N.Y.)

Variant title	Copyright title: Opening the Williamsburg Bridge [New York City]
Variant title	Opening of Williamsburg Bridge
Series	New York at the turn of the century
Subject	The film was shot on the roadway of the newly constructed Williamsburg Bridge. The first people to come into view are press photographers carrying large wooden "box" cameras. Next, a parade of dignitaries and military representatives, accompanied by members of the press, is photographed passing the camera position led by a standard bearer whose banner reads "MAYOR". The mayor of New York was Seth Low, a lame-duck at the time of filming, having been defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan. The Williamsburg Bridge, a combined cantilever and suspension bridge, crosses the East River from Delancey and Clinton Streets, Manhattan, to Roebling and S. 5th Streets, Williamsburg. Built at a cost of twelve million dollars, it held two lanes of roadway, two "L" tracks, four trolley tracks, and two promenades. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
General note	Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Feb1904; H42039.
General note	Original duration: 0:55 at 15 fps.
General note	Previously published as DVD.
Credits	Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Genre/form	Actuality Short.

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