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Film, Video 9th Infantry boys' morning wash Ninth Infantry boys' morning wash / Ninth U.S. Infantry boys at their morning wash

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Title

  • 9th Infantry boys' morning wash

Other Title

  • Ninth Infantry boys' morning wash
  • Ninth U.S. Infantry boys at their morning wash

Summary

  • "Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life. Soap and towels too. Every man jack of them looks as if he were enjoying the wash immensely, and also the novelty of having his picture taken. The big fellow in the center of the picture is laughing heartily. All the figures are clearly outlined, and the whole group is true to life"--Edison films "war extra" catalog.

Names

  • Paley, William Daly, 1857-1924, camera.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army.--Infantry, 9th
  • -  Military camps--Florida--Tampa
  • -  United States.--Army--Military life
  • -  Soldiers--Florida--Tampa
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  31444 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1898; 31444.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Camera, William Paley.
  • -  Duration: 0:27 at 26 fps.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1329) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Filmed ca. May 1898 in Tampa, Florida.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 427; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 223; Edison films "war extra" catalog, May 10, 1898, p. 32 [MI].
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  Compilation reels FEA 9087 (print) and FPB 9735 (neg) removed from this record. See MAVIS. qm22 2013-09-13

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 85 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 85 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4343 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1487 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0037B (paper pos)
  • Box 5471A (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

  • 98500974

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Rights & Access

Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. 9th Infantry boys' morning wash. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98500974/.

APA citation style:

Paley, W. D., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1898) 9th Infantry boys' morning wash. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98500974/.

MLA citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. 9th Infantry boys' morning wash. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98500974/>.