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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04 February 1917
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22 January 1917
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18 June 1917
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02 April 1917
Vere Herbert lives with her wicked mother, Lady Dolly (Marie Curtis), who is living in sin with Lord Jura (Glen White).
09 April 1917
Artist model Margot uses her “Power of Decision” to choose between two men she loves, after much distress of course!
02 July 1917
The itinerant Jewish country peddler Abraham Jacobs saves his pennies until he can afford to open a small second-hand clothing store.
14 December 1917
A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love of the game and the thrill of the chase, outwitting police and detectives.
12 November 1917
Duplicity and double crosses run thick and fast when Ben Farraday forces Nan Kennedy to steal documents from Ben’s enemy John Lawson in exchange for his silence about her escapee brother’s whereabouts.
17 March 1917
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08 July 1917
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21 January 1917
Nina, a blind girl, lives with her grandmother, who has taught her to make artificial flowers, which she sells at a flower-stand.
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