View of a timber seed tree. Timber trees in a field. View of a fire swept non productive land with burnt timber trees. The damaged area planted with nursery stock. Broadcast sowing of seeds in field. Man walks across a timber forest that was cut in 1899 and was ready for another cut. Town next to timber forest. A goose and the slogan "indiscriminate cutting of timber is like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs." Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture, with dates 1862 and 1889 on it.
Christian Endeavor excursion touring through the Yellowstone Park in horse-drawn coaches, under auspices of the Northern Pacific Railway. The first coach is very large, pulled by six horses. The tourists wave as they pass the camera. More coaches pass by, each drawn by a four-horse team. (Filmed by Edison Company, ca. July 19-25, 1897, Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; January 4,1899)
Film begins showing a sign on a wooden barn, reading: "Barn Dance Tonight." Country music is heard. View inside the barn shows a fiddler playing, along with musicians playing guitar, banjo, and piano. Couples dance to the music. Closeups of the musicians. Closeups of dancers. Closeups of spectators feet moving to the rythms. A girl eating an ice cream cone while seated watching the dancers. Scenic views of the countryside in Autumn. Farmers loading tobacco from barns into trucks that are seen moving on highways, to market. A sign in a cornfield reads: "Danville, VA. World's Best Tobacco Market." View of downtown Danville, busy because it is auction time. Sign at a newspaper office reads: "The Bee, Founded 1899." Inside the shop, a printer reads a new edition of the paper with headline about "Opening Tobacco Sales." Open stake truck carries load of tobacco into Holland's Auction warehouse. Glimpse of auctioneer taking bids. Farmer takes a "lot" of tobacco in a wheelbarrow for weighing. Buyers gathered around a table, examine tobacco and bid as auctioneer chants. Farmers collect proceeds of their sales from cashier at the auction house. Views of farmers and families in the business district of Danville. Men fill a barbershop and converse, while waiting for haircuts. Next, the film shows folks enjoying themselves at a "County Fair." Tents and amusement rides dominate the fair grounds. Many views of children on Ferris Wheels, Merry-go-rounds, and other rides. Older persons watch aerial performers on a high wire. Various pieces of farm equipment are on display and looked over by farmers. Prize live stock is exhibited by some farmers. People pass a dixplay entitled: "The Farm Family, the Heart of the Nation."Women exmine samples of foods displayed in glass containers. Samples of eggs are examined by judges.Other camples of vegetables and such are judged. Tobacco samples are also judged for quality. A judge places a blue ribbon on the winning tobacco sample. At a large display of competing tobacco lots, the blue ribbon winner discusses his product with other farmers. Scene shifts to growing season, showing tobaccco farmers working in their fields.
Horse-drawn coaches arrive at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel , Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Friends wait on the piazza to greet the new arrivals. (Filmed by Edison Company, ca. July 1897. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; January 4, 1899)
Early motion picture of the lower falls at Yellowstone National Park's Grand Canyon. (Filmed by Edison Company, ca. July 19-25, 1897. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; January 4,1899)
Host Lee Marvin. The Triple span arch Eads Bridge at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. View of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River. View of the Eads Bridge with the St. Louis Arch in the background. Boat passes under the bridge. Aerial views of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. Portraits of John Augustus Roebling, then of his son, Washington, and his wife Emily Warren Roebling, and the story of how he gave her his instructions on how to build the bridge by tapping on her arm, due to his caisson illness. Views of the Brooklyn bridge from various angles. Early moving image footage of the nearby Williamsburg Bridge, still under construction and not yet completed, shot in 1902. The scene shows recent fire damage to the Williamsburg Bridge. Next scene shows September 22, 1899 Edison footage of the Brooklyn Bridge taken aboard a moving train moving toward the bridge.