1898 Thomas Edison Ball Game

OTHER TITLES
Ball game (Motion picture)

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.

SUMMARY
Photographed from one camera position behind home plate, the film shows a baseball game in progress. The action includes two players running toward the camera; one uniform is distinquishable as Newark, New Jersey.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 20May98; 31442.

Duration: 0:27 at 28 fps.

Source used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, 1985.

Received: ca. 1991 from LC film lab; ref print and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 1898
• thomas
• edison
• ball
• game
• ballgame
• history of film