Babies Rolling Eggs

April. 11,1902

Rating：

4.1

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Silent Film

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House Gates to-day during the hours set apart for the great National show of Egg Rolling, and when the President stepped on the south front gallery at 4:15 P.M., at least 20,000 were within the grounds. The Marine Band rendered a programme of popular music. The President's children entertained at least fifty young friends during the day with a view of the egg rolling from the balcony, but none of them mingled with the great throng, preferring to view the panorama from the distance. They were much amused with the antics of the great crowd of children, who were of all colors and from every walk of life."

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Reviews

Pluskylang

1902/04/11

Great Film overall

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Stevecorp

1902/04/12

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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ChicRawIdol

1902/04/13

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Kaelan Mccaffrey

1902/04/14

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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Michael_Elliott

1902/04/15

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