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  • The first-ever film of a New York City blizzard

    02/06/2014 4:58:07 AM PST · by lowbridge · 18 replies
    What storm is this? The horrific blizzard that hit New York on February 17, 1902.  It would be considered the worst snowstorm to hit the metropolitan area since the Great Blizzard of 1888. (Read all about it here.)  I assume we're actually in the aftermath of the blizzard here, as the snow shovels are out, and the kids are playing. What area is being filmed?  Madison Square Park (near 23rd Street), with theWorth Memorial in the background of some angles Who made this?  Edison Manufacturing Company. Their Manhattan studio was nearby, at 41 East 21st Street. Who's the director? The head of Edison's film division Edwin S. Porter, considered by most...