Motion Picture Film Pieces: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A group of 13 pieces of motion picture film of varying widths and lengths housed together and therefore accessioned as a group. The objects are as follows:

1. 55mm b&w positive print showing buildings in a city; 7 frames, 6.5 inches long

2. 35mm b&w positive print showing a woman and flowers; 8.5 frames, 6.5 inches long

3. 35mm panchromatic color positive print showing a parade float; 3 frames, 2.5 inches long

4. 35mm color positive print showing a woman wearing a hat; 7 frames, 6 inches long

5. 35mm b&w positive print showing a woman singing by a man playing the piano - rectangular sprocket holes and uncommon variable-density soundtrack printed outside the frame, beside the holes; 3 frames, 2.5 inches long

6. 35mm b&w positive print showing the title of the S. Lubin production "A Policeman's Love Affair"; 6 frames, 4.5 inches long

7. 35mm b&w positive print showing a building or construction site on a street; 9 frames, 7.5 inches long

Materials, dates and provenance

• maker: Pathe
• maker: Selig Polyscope Company
• maker: Lubin Film Company
• Object Name: film
• Physical Description: gelatin (overall material)
• Subject: Motion Pictures
• Subject: Entertainment, Film
• ID Number: 2008.0095.085
• accession number: 2008.0095
• catalog number: 2008.0095.085
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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