Launch of life boat /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"Pacific Coast Life Saving Service series: These subjects are illustrative of the work performed by the Life Saving Corps of the United States Government, and show the methods in vogue at one of the most important stations on either side of our Continent. The exact routine pursued in actual practice is clearly illustrated. We are particularly indebted to Major T.J. Blakeney, Superintendent of the U.S. Life Saving Service, 12th District, San Francisco, Cal., and Captain W.C. Coulson, of the U.S. Revenue Cutter, San Francisco, Cal., for their kind co-operation. We are thus enabled to bring before the public generally absolutely true and accurate pictures of one of our most worthy as well as interesting institutions, the crews of which are constantly risking their own lives for the preservation of others"--Edison films catalog, p. 20.
60570 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60570.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.
Filmed September 1897, at the Presidio in San Francisco, California.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 343; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 180; F.Z.Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 35; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 20 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.