Film, Video
Blanket-tossing a new recruit /

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Format	Film, Video
Dates	1898
Location	Florida Tampa
Language	English
Subjects	19th Century Army Conduct of Life Florida History, Military Initiation Rites Military Camps Military Life Ohio Volunteers, 1St. Soldiers Spanish American War Tampa Tampa (Fla.) United States

Title: Blanket-tossing a new recruit /
Created Published: United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.
Subject Headings: - United States.--Army.--Ohio Volunteers, 1st.; - Military camps--Florida--Tampa.; - United States.--Army--Military life.; - Soldiers--Florida--Tampa--Conduct of life.; - Spanish-American War, 1898.; - Initiation rites--Florida--Tampa.; - Tampa (Fla.)--History, Military--19th century.
Notes: - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22June1898; 38240.; - Original main title lacking. DLC; - Camera, William Paley.; - Duration: 0:34 at 24 fps.; - Materials listed originate from the print chosen best copy for digitization; for other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff. DLC; - From Edison films catalog: Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one. 50 feet. $7.50.; - Edison code name (for telegraphic orders): Umstossen.; - Filmed ca. May or June 1898 in Tampa, Florida.; - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 13 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 36 [MI].; - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.; - Received: ca. 1962; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.; - Received: 12/27/62; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.; - Received: 6/22/1898; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
Medium: 1 Reel of 1 (Ca. 22 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 16 Mm. Ref Print.; 1 Reel of 1 (Ca. 22 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 16 Mm. Dupe Neg.; 1 Roll (Ca. 50 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 35 Mm. Paper Pos.
Call Number/Physical Location: FLA 4368 (ref print); FRA 0259 (dupe neg); LC 1354 (paper pos)
Repository: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id: Sawmp 1354 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Mbrsmi/Sawmp.1354
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 98501030