• Kim

  

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  Re: Algerian Ouled Nail

  Tue, December 19, 2006 - 9:03 PM

  Ginger, that is fantastic! I love the short video clip.
  
  Thanks for posting.

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• Kim

  

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  Tue, December 19, 2006 - 9:16 PM

  I did some digging, and the clip is one of Thomas Edison's early films:
  
  Filmed May 9, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio, while Princess Ali was performing with Barnum & Bailey's circus in Orange, New Jersey.
  
  Here's the link for the clip on the Library of Congress website:
  memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r
  
  There are also other early Edison films at the LOC:
  memory.loc.gov/ammem/edht...tgenre.html
  
  Click "Variety Stage", then check out the dance films. . .

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• • Kim

    

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    Tue, December 19, 2006 - 9:21 PM

    And for a real thrill, check out the "Trapeze Disrobing Act" from 1901. Scandalous!

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• Kim

  

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  Tue, December 19, 2006 - 9:40 PM

  Ok, I'm getting research-happy w/ the LOC. My last post, promise:
  
  lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/f
  
  Photos of Ouled Nail, sometime between 1860 and 1890.

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    Tue, December 19, 2006 - 10:10 PM

    You gals rock! Thanks for all the great resources. :)
    

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