Film, Video Shooting captured insurgents
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Title
- Shooting captured insurgents
Summary
- "A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
Names
- White, James H. (James Henry), production
- Heise, William, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.
Headings
- - Spanish-American War, 1898--Prisoners--Cuba
- - Firing squads (Execution)--Cuba
- - Spanish--Cuba
Genre
- Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - 46696 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46696.
- - Duration: 0:22 at 34 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0049) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 458; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 297; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 34 [MI].
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Reenacted ca. July 1898, probably in New Jersey.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9360 to FZA 2635.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (26 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (26 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3063 (viewing print)
- FEC 3002 (viewing print)
- FRA 0406 (dupe neg pic)
- FZA 2635 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0549E (paper pos)
- Box 5468N (paper pos, copy 2)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694305
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- video
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Contributor
- Heise, William
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- White, James H. (James Henry)