President McKinley Inauguration Footage is the name given to two different short documentary films which were combined as one.
Both were produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and in 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the two "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
[2][3] Edison's crew shot the films on location on March 4, 1901, and released their footage less than two weeks later.
The crew captured their images on several campers placed on rudimentary tripods that made it difficult to pan or tilt while filming.
[1] Press accounts described the film receiving "great applause" and causing "pandemonium" during its screenings.