Seeing New York by Yacht (1903)
1903 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Frederick S. Armitage
- Documentary
Synopsis
A camera mounted on a yacht travels the Hudson. A malfunction gives the film a ghostly look. A bridge is before us, tugs and small crafts everywhere. We go under the bridge and pass a large water storage cylinder, church spires, and many small craft. The feeling is of speed. Smokestacks dominate one shot. In one area, two- and three-story buildings go to the water's edge. Then a more pastoral area comes into view, but factories are not far away. Docks and piers and bridges signal an area of…
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Details
- Director
- Frederick S. Armitage
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1903-09-22
- Running time
- 3 minutes
Cast & crew
- Frederick S. Armitage Director
