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Film, Video Aguinaldo's navy Title from Biograph production log: Native boats on the run Aguinaldo's navy

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Title

  • Aguinaldo's navy

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph production log: Native boats on the run Aguinaldo's navy

Summary

  • "27 feet. A splendid scene, showing a large number of curious Filipino boats being worked on the Pasig River near Manila by natives. The picture is unusually fine photographically"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

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

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  Boats and boating--Philippines--Luzon
  • -  Filipinos--Boats
  • -  Pasig River (Luzon, Philippines)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H16737 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16737.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:22 at 18 fps.
  • -  Probable release date from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
  • -  Early motion pictures and the Copyright catalog indicate that the subject of this film is the Spanish-American War, but the film was taken in 1900, after the end of the war (August 1898). The title appears to be a facetious reference to Emilio Aguinaldo, who led Philippine forces against the United States during the Philippine American War (1899-1902). No naval ships are depicted and Aguinaldo does not appear in the film.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1454.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0191) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Date of production, February 2, 1900, from Biograph production log. Erroneous date of production from Early motion pictures: May 9, 1900. Erroneous date of production from the AFI catalog: February 18, 1900.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 4; Biograph production log, p. 52-53; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902, p. 136 [MI]; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 67; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 15.
  • -  Camera, Raymond Ackerman.
  • -  Filmed on the Pasig River, near Manila, Philippines on February 2, 1900.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1902-04-02; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 10 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3205 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9467 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9468 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 0034 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5133 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 2516 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0704 (paper pos)
  • Box 5664B (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98500758

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Aguinaldo's Navy. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98500758/.

APA citation style:

Ackerman, R., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1900) Aguinaldo's Navy. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98500758/.

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Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Aguinaldo's Navy. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98500758/>.