Film, Video
U.S. troops landing at Daiquirí, Cuba /

Format	Film, Video
Dates	1898
Location	Cuba
Language	English
Subjects	Army Boats Campaigns Cuba Equipment and Supplies Iron Mines and Mining Landing Operations Piers Ships Soldiers Spanish American War Transportation Transportation, Military Transports United States

Title

U.S. troops landing at Daiquirí, Cuba /

Created Published

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Subject Headings

-  Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba.

-  Landing operations.

-  Transports--Cuba.

-  Soldiers--Cuba.

-  United States.--Army--Transportation.

-  Transportation, Military--Cuba.

-  Ships--Cuba.

-  Boats--Cuba.

-  Piers--Cuba.

-  Iron mines and mining--Cuba--Equipment and supplies.

Notes

-  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46690.

-  Original main title lacking. DLC

-  Camera, William Paley.

-  Duration: 0:39 at 20 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: First U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats on the long railroad pier and come forward. 50 feet. $7.50.

-  From The Phonoscope, October 1898, p. 15: These are the first U.S. troops to land on Cuban soil, June 22, 1898. The picture shows a long perspective view of the pier at Baiquiri [sic], the point chosen so strategically for the landing of General Shafter's army. At the end of the wharf are the coal dumps and ore elevators used by the mining company operating the famous iron mines at Juragua, five miles away. On the right of the picture is seen the stern of a huge transport as she rides at anchor, and in the distance, stretching far out to the horizon, are other vessels of the fleet. (C. Musser, Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 450)

-  From the Theodore Roosevelt Association Film Collection catalog, p. 162: U.S. troops in lifeboats are landing at a wooden pier in Daiquiri, Cuba; the men are part of Gen. William R. Shafter's expeditionary force sent to fight in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in June, 1898. The men alight from boats as earlier arrivals walk along the dock toward the camera; the soldiers are equipped with blanket rolls, haversacks, and rifles. One of the transport ships is visible in the background next to a high metal pier. Daiquiri was recommended to General Shafter as a landing site by Gen. Calixto Garcia because of the two piers built by an American mining company and the availability of fresh water. The actual landing proved to be disordered, but was fortunately unopposed by Spanish troops.

-  Edison code name (for telegraphic orders): Umtaufen.

-  Filmed ca. June 22-26, 1898, at Daiquirí, Cuba.

-  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. 9 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 33 [MI].

-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

-  Received: 6/76 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

-  Received: 8/5/1898; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

Medium

1 Reel of 1 (Ca. 49 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 35 Mm. Ref Print.

1 Roll (Ca. 50 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 35 Mm. Paper Pos.

Call Number/Physical Location

FEA 7621 (ref print)

LC 499 (paper pos)

Repository

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Sawmp 0499 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Mbrsmi/Sawmp.0499

Library of Congress Catalog Number

98501058

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