American Falls from Above, American Side
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About American Falls from Above, American Side
From the American shore above the falls, the camera looks down on the American Falls, with Goat Island beside them. Ice glitters in the background. A group of photographers is setting up to take pictures.
Cast & crew
More about American Falls from Above, American Side
James H. White directed. William Heise photographed it. Thomas A. Edison is the producer. Edison shot it in early December 1896 as part of the New Niagara Falls series and released it that December. Edison copyrighted it on 12 December 1896. The negative is 37 feet. An alternate title is American Falls from Top of American Shore.
Themes
Making
White and Heise went back to Niagara in December 1896 because Edison was unhappy with the earlier falls negatives, and they shot a new series that includes this look down from the American side.
Look
William Heise set the camera above the American Falls and held the ice and a party of still photographers in the same view.
Preservation
The Library of Congress holds a 35mm viewing print from the Gordon Hendricks Collection.
Notes
- The Maguire & Baucus catalogue of 20 January 1897 says the New Niagara subjects were taken in December 1896 on new stock and should not be confused with earlier negatives.
- That catalogue mentions the glittering ice and the photographers in the view.
- The American Falls is the fall on the U.S. side. Goat Island separates it from the Horseshoe Falls.
- American Mutoscope also filmed Niagara in 1896. This view is the Edison one.
- The Library of Congress holds a 35mm viewing print, renumbered from FEC 8069 to FYA 1132, in the Gordon Hendricks Collection.
Scenes
- The falls drop away under the camera, with ice behind them and photographers at the edge.
Also available
- Library of Congress
