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<h3>New York Harbor Police boat Patrol capturing pirates</h3>
<p>Harbor Police boat &#8220;Patrol&#8221; capturing pirates FILM by Thomas A. Edison 1903</p>
<p>SummaryThis was probably filmed in the southern part of the Upper New York Bay looking towards the Narrows, with Fort Lafayette partly visible in the far background. The subject is a simulated capture by the police gunboat &#8220;Patrol&#8221; of three &#8220;pirates&#8221; in a rowboat. Puffs of smoke appear as the gunboat fires several rounds from the bow cannon, which can be clearly seen later in a side view of the boat [Frame: 3642].</p>
<p>The &#8220;Patrol&#8221; was a steel, twin screw, 135 foot, 118 ton police boat, built in 1893 at Sparrow&#8217;s Point, Maryland.From a contemporary Edison film company catalog:</p>
<p>NEW YORK HARBOR POLICE BOAT &#8220;PATROL&#8221; CAPTURING PIRATES.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Patrol&#8221; is seen chasing a row-boat containing river pirates. The pirates are pulling at the oars with all their strength, but a few shots from the Police Boat weaken their nerves and they give up. When the &#8220;Patrol&#8221; comes up near them, it lowers a dory and a number of policemen make the capture. As the pirates are landed on the Police Boat a fierce fight takes place between them and the police, but the latter overcome the offenders and land them safely on the boat.</p>
<p>Created / PublishedUnited States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.</p>
<h3>Talbot County States Attorney Scott Patterson doing everything he can to avoid requiring jail time or fines for the Chesapeake Bay Pirate Poachers!</h3>
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