Delivering newspapers American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. SUMMARY The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the crowd forms around the two fighters. Probably filmed at Union Square. NOTES Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Apr1903; H30745. Duration: 0:53 at 15 fps. Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, Arthur Marvin. Photographed May 1, 1899. Location: New York, N.Y. Received: 4/24/03; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection. Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection. Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref prints and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection. SUBJECTS Paperboys--New York (State)--New York. Newspaper carriers--New York (State)--New York. American newspapers--New York (State)--New York. World (New York, N.Y. : 1860-1931) Commercial vehicles--New York (State)--New York. Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State)--New York. Boys--New York (State)--New York. Actuality--Short. RELATED NAMES Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera. Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) MEDIUM 1 roll (68 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos. CALL NUMBER LC 373 (paper pos) FEB 9798 (ref print) FEB 9778 (ref print, copy 2) FPE 5531 (dupe neg) FPE 5594 (arch neg) REPOSITORY Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID lcmp002 m2a31757 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a31757