DescriptionEastriverandbrooklynbridge1903-snd.ogv	A clip from a historical video showing the East River (New York) with a bit of the Brooklyn Bridge shown at the end. This file contains film taken by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas A. Edison, Inc and also a sound recording from the 1890s published by E. Berliner's Gramophone (publisher's no.: 8018 Z) conducted by Otto Schneiber. Film and sound were combined in the present age, by this author for use in Wikipedia.
Date	9 May 1903
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Author	Edwin Stanton Porter  (1870–1941)      Alternative names Birth name: Edwin Stanton Porter; Edwin S. Porter Description American filmmaker Date of birth/death 21 April 1870  30 April 1941  Location of birth/death Philadelphia Category:New York Work location United States of America  Authority file : Q347864 VIAF: 49293478 ISNI: 0000000080290351 ULAN: 500472072 LCCN: n83185372 GND: 119051869 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q347864
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 06 February 2011. It was captioned as follows: English: A clip from a historical video showing the East River (New York) with a bit of the Brooklyn Bridge shown at the end. This file contains film taken by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas A. Edison, Inc and also a sound recording from the 1890s published by E. Berliner's Gramophone (publisher's no.: 8018 Z) conducted by Otto Schneiber. Other languages English: A clip from a historical video showing the East River (New York) with a bit of the Brooklyn Bridge shown at the end. This file contains film taken by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas A. Edison, Inc and also a sound recording from the 1890s published by E. Berliner's Gramophone (publisher's no.: 8018 Z) conducted by Otto Schneiber. Македонски: Реката Ист Ривер во Њујорк со дел од Бруклинскиот мост кон крајот - снимка од 1903 г.

Summary

This film depicts the East River shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan starting at about Pier 5 (the New York Central Pier) opposite Broad Street, and extending to the Mallory Line steamship piers just south of Fulton Street and the Brooklyn Bridge. The film begins with shots of canal boats or barges (from the Erie Canal via the Hudson River) docked at and around Coenties Slip [Frame: 0106]. As the film progresses, the New York Produce Exchange located at Bowling Green, Manhattan, with its distinct tower, comes into view in the background [0346]. Between here and the Wall Street ferry, there follows in order of appearance: steam tugs [0308 and 0422], a wooden hull barkentine [1032] with box barges alongside, a docked iron hull sailing ship, probably British [1448], an ocean steamer with yards on the foremast [1748], a derrick lighter laden with barrels docked at the end of a pier [2134], and a fruit steamer [2612]. In the Wall Street Ferry slip (between Piers 15 and 16) there is a Wall St., Manhattan-to-Montague St., Brooklyn, double-ended steam commuter boat [2896]. The ferry is visible immediately before a shot of the large advertising billboards on Pier 16. The film next shows the Ward Line piers (J.E. Ward & Co., New York and Cuba Steamship Co.) [3040], a Pennsylvania Railroad tug [3190], a derrick lighter [3320], and the Mallory Line piers [3692]. A Mallory Line steamer can be seen on the south side of one of the Mallory Piers [3736]. The camera begins panning out into the East River after passing pier 20, catching the fog bell at the end of pier 21 [3922]. A car float is visible passing under the Brooklyn Bridge [4202]. The pan follows the line of the Brooklyn Bridge eastward to Brooklyn Heights, where the Hotel Margaret (tall building in background) is visible just before the end of the film [4464]. This film continues the view begun in the film Sky Scrapers of New York City From the North River. Together they comprise a sweep around the southern tip of Manhattan, from Fulton Street on the Hudson to the Brooklyn Bridge.