Descriptive Summary: 500f, 16mm, b&w, silent, a compilation reel of five original reels of amateur shot film consisting of: speed boats passing by, bi-plane flying overhead, NY Hospital construction views from the East River, East River views of Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, views of NYC
interior, soft focus "shadow" portraits, silhouettes of people and the dog, two women fighting then making up, man acting like a monkey - doing hand stands, normal group shot with dog, more silhouette work, woman smoking, man smoking and eating a peach, man putting on glasses, woman and dog again
dockside, getting off the boat, RPYC, out on the water in a speed boat, views of cargo ships, women on board, views of shore residences, Harbor Inn, bridge with side wheeler passenger boat [? Steamboat Co. II] one stack passing by women on the dock, vies of boats, a sail boat docking, large four deck passenger boat passing by
Date: 1926-1928
Camera Operator: Harry M. Bergman
Performer(s)/Persons Pictured:
1. Yachting, 1926, 100f
2. Yachting/Shadow making, 1926, 100f
3. Shadow making, "Shadowgrafs", 1926, 100f
4. Trip on "Whitecap", Jamaica Bay, July 1928, 100f
5. Yachting/family, 1928, 100f
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the original and master (preservation) films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
The National Museum of American History may not authorize publication, reproduction, or distribution by a commercial, for-profit publisher, distributor, media producer, or film maker without the express permission of the Donors.
The term of the requirement for written authorization prior to third party, for-profit, commercial use will last 50 (fifty) years unless agreed to in writing by both the National Museum of American History and the Donors.
Collection Citation:
Kahn Family Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Generous support for this collection has come from the National Film Preservation Foundation and Mr. Alan R. Kahn.