Panorama of Eiffel Tower | 1900 | Documentary, Actuality, Short

Title: Panorama of Eiffel Tower | 1900 | Documentary, Actuality, Short Director: James H. White Studio: Edison Manufacturing Co. Starring: Lyman Howe Release Date: August 1900 Runtime: 2 Format: Silent; black-and-white; 35mm; 1.33:1 Country: United States Language: Silent Genres: Documentary, Actuality, Short --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Crowd at the base 00:00:20 Tilt upward along the tower 00:00:50 Summit and pause 00:01:10 Tilt downward and spectators --- Summary: An actuality filmed at the Paris Exposition of 1900, the camera begins at the base of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ de Mars and tilts upward to reveal the full height of the structure before tilting back down. Visitors stroll through the foreground, some pausing to acknowledge the camera, emphasizing the novelty of motion pictures at the turn of the century. Beyond recording a landmark, the film showcases early cinematic technique, using vertical camera movement to translate architectural scale and the fairground’s bustle into a concise visual document. --- Background: Produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by James H. White, this short was photographed in July 1900 as part of Edison’s “Paris Exposition, 1900” series and released that August. Contemporary catalog descriptions highlight the vertical movement that captures the tower’s full height and the fairgrounds beyond. Scholars note the film for an early use of a deliberate camera tilt in an Edison production. --- Trivia: Also circulated under the alternate title “Panoramic View of the Eiffel Tower Taken from the Outside.” Registered for copyright on August 9, 1900, with a measured length of approximately 90 feet of 35mm film. The Library of Congress notes an appearance by showman Lyman H. Howe late in the shot. The film’s duration is commonly reported around one and a half minutes at silent-era projection speeds. One of roughly thirty Edison titles documenting the Paris Exposition of 1900. --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: August 1900 Original Studio / Distributor: Edison Manufacturing Co. Copyright Status: Public Domain Renewal: No --- Hashtags: PanoramaOfEiffelTower Edison JamesHWhite EiffelTower ParisExposition 1900 SilentFilm Documentary Actuality PublicDomain This video was sourced from Internet Archive. Originally uploaded by jake@archive.org. https://archive.org/details/silent-panorama-of-eiffel-tower