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Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen”
(1904) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 16 September 1904 by Thomas A. Edison. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Bank robbers plan a robbery. They rob a bank safe with explosives, then flee their would-be captors by various means.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Animals: Horses - Banks: Bank safes - Barns - Boats - Buildings - Campfires - Chases - Crime: Break-ins, Burglaries, Robbery, Theft - Criminals: Bank robbers - Crowds - Escapes - Explosions - Explosives - Fights: Gunfights - Hats: Straw - Oars - Police: Policemen - Railroads: Railroad tracks - Smoke - Street scenes - Telegraph poles - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Trains: Train crashes, Train tracks - Water: Rivers - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 16 April 2010.

References: Film viewing : Fell-History p. 36; Niver-First p. 68.

Home video: DVD.