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Major General Shafter

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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Film & Animation

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SUMMARY
From Edison films catalog: 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. $7.50.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46694.

Original main title lacking.

Camera, William Paley.

Materials listed originate from the print chosen best copy for digitization; for other holdings on this title, contact M/B/RS reference staff.

Edison code name (for telegraphic orders): Umtonen.

Filmed ca. June 1898 in Daiquirí, Cuba.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997; 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
Shafter, William Rufus,--1835-1906.
United States.--Army--Officers.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba.
Military camps--Cuba.
Horses.
Actuality--Short.
War (Nonfiction)--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906.
Paley, William Daly, 1857-1924, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

CALL NUMBER
FLA 3242 (ref print)
FRA 0565 (dupe neg)
LC 228 (paper pos)

DIGITAL ID
sawmp 0228 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/sawmp.0228

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