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| Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. |
| Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies |
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The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows a large tent of animal skins in front of which are two
spectators watching two participants perform a game of skill using whips.
The Edison company distributed this film and the film "Esquimaux Game of Leap-frog" as one film, entitled "Scene in the Esquimaux Village." From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: SCENE IN THE ESQUIMAUX VILLAGE. Ungulado. [code for telegraphic orders]. The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short summer. |
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| Fun in camp / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Producer, James White |
| Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies |
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From Edison films catalog: Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears. A remarkably fine picture, with U.S. Infantry camp in the background.
Filmed ca. June to September 1899, probably in Orange, New Jersey. |
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