A Police intervention on a market in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1903. The experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs made his "Pushcarts of Eternity Street" (2006) from this footage.
"Pushcarts of Eternity Street" (Ken Jacobs) is downloadable on the site of Jonas Mekas:
www.jonasmekas.com/
@StewedTomato 1903. No sound!
Blackboilingrobotoil 1 year ago
I’ve noticed many of these Edison films have some little “spontaneous” bit of humor towards the end. First publicity stunts recorded on film?
Blackboilingrobotoil 1 year ago
This film was originally shot by Thomas Edison and is titled "Move On". The policeman is trying to get the wagons to get moving
Ten7d5 2 years ago
Is there no sound or is it my PC?
StewedTomato 3 years ago
The boy with the ball looks like he is showing off eor the camera!
I love seeing the old video's Thanks!
StewedTomato 3 years ago
What is that police man doing?
lawrencefollower 3 years ago
do you know where this is located specifically?
dflesh 3 years ago