This fascinating 12-minute documentary from Edison's Conquest Pictures features a man in a small boat being pulled (from a horse on shore) down the Potomac river. From Cumberland, MD, through Washington, DC, this short charts the Waterway and its locks.
Watch the official Down the Old Potomac 1917 trailer in HD below.
United States 06 March 1917
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10 June 1917
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16 April 1917
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22 January 1917
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23 April 1917
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10 September 1917
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02 July 1917
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24 June 1917
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14 December 1917
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13 January 1917
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1917 Conquest Pictures Company.