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Film, Video 25th Infantry Twenty-fifth Infantry / Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 3: Twenty-fifth Inf. returning from Mt. Ariat / 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Arayat / Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue: Back from battle / Title in Biograph bulletin form 247: Back from the battle / Theodore Roosevelt Association title: 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Ariat, 1898 / Twenty-fifth Inf. returning from Mt. Ariat / Back from battle / Back from the battle / 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Ariat, 1898

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Title

  • 25th Infantry

Other Title

  • Twenty-fifth Infantry
  • Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 3: Twenty-fifth Inf. returning from Mt. Ariat
  • 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Arayat
  • Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue: Back from battle
  • Title in Biograph bulletin form 247: Back from the battle
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association title: 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Ariat, 1898
  • Twenty-fifth Inf. returning from Mt. Ariat
  • Back from battle
  • Back from the battle
  • 25th Infantry returning from Mt. Ariat, 1898

Summary

  • "Gen. Frederick D. Grant and Gen. A.S. Burt [commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment] returning from Mt. Ariat [sic], at the head of the famous 25th Infantry, colored"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

  • Ackerman, Raymond, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, [1900].

Headings

  • -  Grant, Frederick Dent,--1850-1912
  • -  Burt, Andrew,--1839-1915
  • -  United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 25th
  • -  United States.--Army--African American troops
  • -  United States.--Army--Officers
  • -  African American soldiers--Philippines
  • -  Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902--Participation, African American

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H17963 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 21May1902; H17963.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Titles added to Paper Print Collection films during restoration.
  • -  Probable release date from AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995.
  • -  Duration: 0:51 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1401.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0799) was changed when the paper prints were rehoused.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Concact reference librarian.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film catalog entry states that the location of this film is probably Cuba, and gives possible production dates of June-Aug., 1898. Mt. Arayat is in the Philippines, and according to Niver's Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 48, this film was taken in the Philippines in March, 1900. However, according to sources, the 25th Infantry was engaged in a battle near Mt. Arayat on January 5, 1900. This film was probably taken shortly after the battle.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 340; The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection...catalog, p. 3; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902, p. 180; American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. prod. records (Biograph production log), p. 48; Niver's Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 66 and 425; Nankivell, John H. History of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1869-1926, p. 90, 100-103.
  • -  Camera, Raymond Ackerman.
  • -  Filmed January, 1900, in the Philippine Islands, following the 25th Infantry's participation at the battle of Mt. Arayat.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 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 3813 (viewing print)
  • FEA 7323 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9497 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 2856 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0842A (paper pos)
  • Box 5193A (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

  • 98500744

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection, and Paper Print Collection. 25th Infantry. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98500744/.

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Ackerman, R., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection & Paper Print Collection. (1900) 25th Infantry. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98500744/.

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Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, et al. 25th Infantry. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98500744/>.