DescriptionShooting Captured Insurgents - Spanish-American War.ogv	English: From Edison film catalog: A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. (a re-enactment)
Date	1898
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Author	(expired) copyright named Thomas Edison. Camera, William Heise.
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CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

Summary

From Edison films catalog: A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. 50 feet. $7.50.

NOTES

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46696.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:22 at 34 fps.

Reenacted ca. July 1898, probably in New Jersey.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 458; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 34 [MI].

SUBJECTS

Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba--Drama. Spanish-American War, 1898--Casualties--Drama. Historical reenactments. Executions and executioners--Drama. Insurgency--Cuba--Drama. Soldiers--Cuba--Drama. Cubans--Drama. Spaniards--Cuba--Drama. Cuba--Armed forces--Drama. Spain--Armed forces--Cuba--Drama. War

RELATED NAMES

White, James H. (James Henry), production. Heise, William, camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM

1 reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print. 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER

FEC 3002 (ref print) LC 49 (paper pos)

REPOSITORY

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID

sawmp 0049 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/sawmp.0049