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Film, Video Major General Shafter

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Title

  • Major General Shafter

Summary

  • "The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general air of avoirdupois. 50 feet"--Edison films 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

  • -  Shafter, William Rufus,--1835-1906
  • -  United States.--Army--Officers
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  46694 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46694.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Camera, William Paley.
  • -  Duration: 0:30 at 24 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0228) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Filmed in Daiquirí, Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba), probably in June 1898.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 452; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 198; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 34 [MI].
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (26 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (26 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll (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 3242 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0565 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0729F (paper pos)
  • Box 5567B (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

  • 98501060

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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, and Paper Print Collection. Major General Shafter. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98501060/.

APA citation style:

Paley, W. D., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1898) Major General Shafter. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98501060/.

MLA citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Major General Shafter. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98501060/>.