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Film, Video Confederate Veterans Convention.

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Title

  • Confederate Veterans Convention.

Summary

  • Reunions of Civil War veterans from both the North and South were a prominent feature of public life in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century. This 1914 silent film records the meeting of 40,000 Confederate veterans in Jacksonville, Florida, nearly a half century after the end of the war. Titles are used to explain each sequence. The motion of the film is somewhat jerky but the quality of the images is good. Aging veterans dance to the music of two fiddlers and gather to parade on foot, by horse, or in cars. Also shown are crowd scenes, general views of the camp with its tents, an emergency medical tent staffed by the Red Cross, and thousands of veterans dining together in a mess tent. Scenes from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Parade include marching bands, a passing electric street car, and the Forrest Cavalry of Tennessee, named after Confederate cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest. An African-American loyal to the Confederacy is shown, as well as F.M. Iremonger, said to be the youngest living Confederate veteran.

Names

  • Florida Commercial Sound Films of Jacksonville Sponsor.
  • Mackey and Coutant Film Company Producer.

Created / Published

  • [Jacksonville, Florida] : [publisher not identified], 1914.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Florida--Jacksonville
  • -  1914
  • -  Confederate States of America
  • -  Reunions
  • -  Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization)
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 16:15 minutes; black and white; silent.
  • -  Original resource at: State Library and Archives of Florida.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021671088

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Florida Commercial Sound Films Of Jacksonville Sponsor, and Mackey And Coutant Film Company Producer. Confederate Veterans Convention. [Jacksonville, Florida: publisher not identified, 1914] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088/.

APA citation style:

Florida Commercial Sound Films Of Jacksonville Sponsor & Mackey And Coutant Film Company Producer. (1914) Confederate Veterans Convention. [Jacksonville, Florida: publisher not identified] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088/.

MLA citation style:

Florida Commercial Sound Films Of Jacksonville Sponsor, and Mackey And Coutant Film Company Producer. Confederate Veterans Convention. [Jacksonville, Florida: publisher not identified, 1914] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021671088/>.