Delivering newspapers

CREATED/PUBLISHED / United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. / SUMMARY / The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the crowd forms around the two fighters. Probably filmed at Union Square. / NOTES / Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Apr1903; H30745. / Duration: 0:53 at 15 fps. / Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, Arthur Marvin. / Photographed May 1, 1899. Location: New York, N.Y. / Received: 4/24/03; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection. / Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection. / Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref prints and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection. / SUBJECTS / Paperboys--New York (State)--New York. / Newspaper carriers--New York (State)--New York. / American newspapers--New York (State)--New York. / World (New York, N.Y. : 1860-1931) / Commercial vehicles--New York (State)--New York. / Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State)--New York. / Boys--New York (State)--New York. / Actuality--Short. / RELATED NAMES / Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera. / Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera. / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. / Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) / MEDIUM / 1 roll (68 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos. / CALL NUMBER / LC 373 (paper pos) / FEB 9798 (ref print) / FEB 9778 (ref print, copy 2) / FPE 5531 (dupe neg) / FPE 5594 (arch neg) / REPOSITORY / Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA / DIGITAL ID / lcmp002 m2a31757 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a31757