S.S. "Coptic" Sailing Away

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S.S. "Coptic" Sailing Away

Shows the vessel after she has been fully turned and on her way across the Pacific. The boat shows large and clear with smoke coming from the stack. In the foreground is a constantly changing crowd of people composed of men, women and children. Action is added by some late corners who rush to the dock to wave their last farewell. Life-size, sharp and clear.

F.Z. Maguire & Co 03/1898

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1 Edison n.c. (MU 400).  
2 James White. Frederick Blechynden  
3 02/09/1897. © Thomas A. Edison, 25/10/1897 50 ft
4 États-Unis. San Francisco.
 
"The paper print of this film was mistakenly copyrighted as S.S. "Coptic" Sailing in the Harbour. The labels for these two subjects were apparently switched by an Edison employee while preparing the materials for copyright."
Charles Musser, Edition Motion Pictures, 1890-1900, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, 336.
 

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