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Native Women Coaling a Ship at St. Thomas, D.W.I.
(1903) United States of America
B&W : [?] 85 or 90? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 8 April 1903 by Thomas A. Edison [H30403]. Released April 1903. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] Women natives of the Danish West Indies are coaling ship with baskets of coal which they carry on their heads. They walk up a long gang plank and dump their loads into a coal chute on the side of the ship. Taken very close and shows the women to good advantage. (Taken on the midwinter cruise of the S. S. “Prinzessin Victoria Luise” of the Hamburg-American Line.)

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 July 2009.

References: Website-AFI.