This presentation features 67 motion pictures produced between
1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine
Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which
the motion picture camera played a role. These films were made by
the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope &
Biograph Company and consist of actualities filmed in the U.S.,
Cuba, and the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures,
and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time
events. This presentation is Black and White and Silent. It runs
for approximately one hour. Films include: Burial of the "Maine"
Victims; N.Y. Journal Despatch Yacht "Buccaneer"; Morro
Castle, Havana Harbor; Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee; 10th
U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars; Colored Troops Disembarking;
Military Camp at Tampa, Taken from Train; Cuban Refugees Waiting
for Rations; Blanket-Tossing a New Recruit; Trained Cavalry Horses;
Cuban Volunteers Embarking; U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquirí,
Cuba; Major General Shafter; Troops Making Military Road in Front
of Santiago; Wreck of the "Vizcaya"; Cuban Ambush; U.S.
Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney; The Fleet Steaming
Up North River; U.S. Battleship "Oregon"; Close View of
the "Brooklyn," Naval Parade; Astor Battery on Parade;
Troops at Evacuation of Havana; General Wheeler and Secretary Alger;
President Roosevelt and the Rough Riders; Sampson and Schley Controversy--Tea
Party; Aguinaldo's Navy; U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches
Before Caloocan; Colonel Funstan Swimming the Baglag River; Capture
of Trenches at Candaba; U.S. Cruiser "Raleigh"; Admiral
Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees; U.S. Cruiser
"Olympia" Leading Naval Parade and much more.
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
 
 
 
 
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