Brief for the United States (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
Brief for the United States
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer
Volume:
Brief for the United States
Leaf #:
000258
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski",Domitor}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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246 ^ PAET XII. Part XII. CONCERNING INTERSTATE COMMERCE. There seems to be no dispute that the defendants are engaged in interstate commerce. The answer of the Patents Co. states (Ans. Pat. Co., p. 81, fols. 276-277) : It is admitted that, as set forth in said petition (p. 8, lines 17-20), all of these producers of positive films Avere engaged in shipping and distributing their fihns throughout the United States to rental exchanges. See also Ans. General Film Co., p. 9, fol. 27; Ans. T. A. Edison (Inc.), p. 10, fol. 26. The other answers contain similar admissions respecting connnerce. The factories of the different manufacturers are located in various States from which from 1908 to 1910 the films were shipped to over 100 exchanges scattered all over the country. The exchanges distributed in turn to thousands of exhibitors. Today the shipments are made to 52 branches of the General Film Co. Every day there are at least 20,000 films in transit in the United States, going from the theaters to the exchanges and from the exchanges to the theaters. Dyer testified (III, 1628, fol. 3) : In the whole country, I should say, that there are at least 20,000 moving-picture plays moving at all times from or toward theaters and back to the exchanges.