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Film, Video Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba Pack mules on the trail, Cuba / Pack mules on trail, 1898 / Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago

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Title

  • Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba

Other Title

  • Pack mules on the trail, Cuba
  • Pack mules on trail, 1898
  • Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago

Summary

  • "A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass"--Edison films catalog.
  • About 12,000 mules were taken to Cuba and used primarily for transporting immediate reserves of small-arms ammunition during the Spanish-American War. A group of mules loaded with boxes of ammunition is being driven along a trail, probably near Santiago, Cuba. Some of the men may be civilian mule skinners hired by the Army to handle the pack mules"--Theodore Roosevelt Association Film Collection catalog, p. 50.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Headings

  • -  Mules--Cuba
  • -  Pack animals (Transportation)--Cuba
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898--Transportation--Cuba

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  46693 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46693.
  • -  Original main title lacking; titles added to 16 mm. Paper Print Collection copies during restoration.
  • -  Camera, William Paley.
  • -  Duration: 0:48 at 20 fps.
  • -  Copies in the Theodore Roosevelt Collection include additional sequence at beginning of film.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0323) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Filmed ca. June or July 1898, probably near Daiquirí or Santiago, Cuba.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912, p. 44; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 454; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 235; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 33 [MI]; The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection...catalog, p. 50; Photographic history of the Spanish-American War, 1898, p. 224-225, 238; Werstein, I., 1898: the Spanish-American War. 1966, p. 41.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.
  • -  On original cataloging record: received, 1967. Transfered to LC from National Park Service; acquired by NPS from Roosevelt Memorial Association; RMA purchased from Kleine. Transfered to safety from LC nitrate at USDA lab: 5/68 and LC lab: 6/76.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (59 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 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

  • FAB 1215 (viewing print)
  • FLA 3337 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FEA 7324 (viewing print)
  • FRA 6177 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 0648 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRB 1175 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0833D (paper pos)
  • Box 5574E (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

  • 98501077

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, Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/98501077/.

APA citation style:

Paley, W. D., Thomas A. Edison, I., Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1898) Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98501077/.

MLA citation style:

Paley, William Daly, Camera, et al. Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98501077/>.