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Film, Video Roosevelt's Rough Riders embarking for Santiago

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Roosevelt's Rough Riders embarking for Santiago

Summary

  • Soldiers in Spanish-American War uniforms moving boxes towards a steamship on the dock.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., c1898]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army.--Volunteer Cavalry, 1st
  • -  United States.--Army--Transportation--Equipment and supplies
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898--Cuba
  • -  Soldiers--Florida--Tampa
  • -  Transports--Florida--Tampa
  • -  Loading and unloading--Florida--Tampa

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  38238 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22June1898; 38238.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Date is copyright and production date; unable to verify if work was ever actually released.
  • -  Duration: 0:33 at 24 fps.
  • -  According to Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, the Rough Riders embarked on either the "Yucatan" or the "Leona."
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0964) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 444; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, p. 278.
  • -  Camera, William Paley.
  • -  Filmed June 8, 1898, in Tampa, Florida.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 2891 to FYA 1130.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9295 to FZA 2649.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (32 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (32 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 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 3978 (viewing print)
  • FYA 1130 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1186 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2649 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0281K (paper pos)
  • Box 5182E (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

  • 98501035

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Roosevelt's Rough Riders embarking for Santiago. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98501035/.

APA citation style:

Paley, W. D., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1898) Roosevelt's Rough Riders embarking for Santiago. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98501035/.

MLA citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Roosevelt's Rough Riders embarking for Santiago. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98501035/>.