Down the Old Potomac
1917, English. Directed by James H. White.
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.
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- 0h 12m
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- English
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- 6 March 1917
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Down the Old Potomac runs 12 minutes (0h 12m).
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Down the Old Potomac isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 March 1917. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Down the Old Potomac?
Down the Old Potomac (1917) was directed by James H. White.