Poster of New York City Dumping Wharf

New York City Dumping Wharf

Plot: It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of the century. Here the cameras - and New York City in 1903 must have been teeming with intrepid cameramen roaming the streets in search of something - anything - to film - capture the work of a few poor souls employed to spread the garbage dumped onto a massive wharf docked by the edge of the (apparently) East River
Release Date: Friday, May 22 1903
121 years ago
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Portrait of Edwin S. PorterEdwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter was
33 in New York City Dumping Wharf
as 'Director'
Thu, Apr 21 1870 –
Wed, Apr 30 1941