Alfred C. Abadie Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Alfred C. Abadie Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Alfred Camille Abadie (December 9, 1878 â€" January 1, 1950) was an

American photographer and pioneer filmmaker who worked for Thomas

Edison. He specialized in actuality films, a predecessor to the

standard form of documentary. In 2019, Abadie's Emigrants Landing at

Ellis Island was included in the annual selection of 25 motion

pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of

Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically

significant" and recommended for preservation. The two minute film was

the first to record a ferryboat docking at Ellis Island with dozens of

passengers disembarking.A New York City native, Abadie began as camera

assistant to James H. White at the Edison Studio around 1898. In 1903,

Edison sent Abadie to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to make

actuality films. This is thought to possibly have been an attempt to

keep up with similar subjects popularized by the Lumières. Abadie

returned to the United States and kept making similar films for Edison

through at least 1904. After leaving Edison, Abadie continued to work

as a freelance filmmaker and photographer. He made educational and

industrial films, including Birth (1917), which is the first film of

the birth of a baby.
Alfred C. Abadie Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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