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Sutro Baths, no. 2
Also known as Sutro Baths in the USA
(1897) United States of America
B&W : [?] 50 or 55? feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Frederick Blechynden. / © [?] 20 or 25? September 1897 (as Sutro Baths) by Thomas A. Edison [52619]. Released September 1897. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California, on 22 August 1897. Musser control number 393. Preceeded by Sutro Baths, no. 1 (1897).
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [Catalogue, F.Z. Maguire & Company, (March 1898), page 39] A different view of the same baths, in which less area is taken in, and as a consequence the figures show larger with less background. This film, if possible, contains more action than No. 1, a particular feature being a spring board, from which some remarkable diving feats are performed. It also contains the toboggan slide, and is also exceedingly sharp and clear, and just as interesting as No. 1. // [From Edison promotional materials] Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 March 2010.
References: Film viewing : Musser-Edison p. 333; Niver-Early p. 318 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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