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Film, Video Cuban volunteers embarking

About this Item

Title

  • Cuban volunteers embarking

Summary

  • Men carrying rifles and bedrolls boarding ship via gangway.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., c1898.

Headings

  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898--Participation, Cuban
  • -  Cubans--United States
  • -  Soldiers--Transportation--Florida--Tampa
  • -  Transports--Florida--Tampa

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  38246 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22June1898; 38246.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Date is copyright and production date; unable to verify if work was ever released.
  • -  Camera, William Paley.
  • -  Duration: 0:28 at 20 fps.
  • -  Filmed June 8, 1898, in Tampa, Florida.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1284) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  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, p. 444-445; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 71.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9296 to FZA 2647.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (24 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 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 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 4298 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2886 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1448 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2647 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1362 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0038C (paper pos)
  • Box 5071C (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

  • 98501054

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Rights & Access

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

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U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquirí, Cuba; Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago; Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba; and 25th Infantry are reproduced here courtesy of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

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Chicago citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Cuban Volunteers Embarking. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98501054/.

APA citation style:

Paley, W. D., Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1898) Cuban Volunteers Embarking. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98501054/.

MLA citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, et al. Cuban Volunteers Embarking. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98501054/>.