Film, Video An historic feat Shooting title in Biograph production log: Gen. Bell's pack train swimming Agno River / Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 3: Bell's pack train swimming Agno River / Gen. Bell's pack train swimming Agno River / Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
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Title
- An historic feat
Other Title
- Shooting title in Biograph production log: Gen. Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
- Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 3: Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
- Gen. Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
- Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
Summary
- "Gen. Franklin Bell's famous mule pack train swimming the Agno River in Northern Luzon. This is one of the most notable incidents of the Philippine War. The picture has made a decided sensation wherever it has been shown"--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
- - Bell, James Franklin,--1856-1919
- - Fords (Stream crossings)--Philippines--Agno River
- - Mules--Philippines--Agno River
- - Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902
Genre
- Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H16738 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16738.
- - Original main title lacking.
- - Probable release date from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
- - Duration: 0:50 at 16 fps.
- - Biograph production no. 1455.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0851) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 140; Biograph photo catalog, v. 3; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, 1902, p. 181 [MI]; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 66; Biograph production logs; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 472.
- - Camera, Raymond Ackerman.
- - Filmed February 5, 1900, on the Agno River on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1902-04-18; 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 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3865 (viewing print)
- FRA 1077 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 1451 (master pos pic)
- Box 0151E (paper pos)
- Box 5402 (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
- 98500873
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Contributor
- Ackerman, Raymond
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)