Feeding the Doves
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About Feeding the Doves
In a farmyard, a girl and her baby sister throw grain to doves and chickens. Most of the chickens stay close. The doves fly off and come back for more. A shed, a farmhouse, and a dark horse stand behind them.
Cast & crew
More about Feeding the Doves
James H. White directed the Edison actuality. William Heise was the cameraman. Thomas A. Edison copyrighted it on October 23, 1896, number 58470. It was filmed in mid-October 1896. The Maguire & Baucus catalogue of January 20, 1897 describes a farm-yard picture of the two girls scattering grain.
Themes
Look
William Heise filmed the farmyard in mid-October 1896.
Preservation
The Library of Congress holds a 35 mm viewing print in the Gordon Hendricks Collection.
Notes
- The Library of Congress viewing print is 42 feet, renumbered FYA 3479, from the Gordon Hendricks Collection.
- AFI also records catalog lengths of 50 feet and 45 feet.
- The Library of Congress times the viewing copy at 25 seconds when run at 27 frames per second.
Scenes
- The doves lift off the yard and settle again as the girls throw more grain.
Also available
- Library of Congress
