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Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
Also known as Advance of 20th Kansas Volunteers in the USA
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 77 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: Members of the New Jersey National Guard
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / © 5 June 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [37443]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in May 1899 in the Orange Mountains near West Orange, New Jersey. Edison telegraphic orders code name: Unbroached. Musser control number 685. MAVIS control number 47087.
Drama: Actuality.
Synopsis: [Edison Films catalog, March 1900, page 4] From the thick underbrush where the Filipinos are massed comes volley after volley. They are making one of those determined stands that marks Caloocan as the bloodiest battle of the Filipino rebellion. Suddenly, with impetuous rush, Funston’s men appear. they pause but a moment, to fire, reload and fire. The bearer falls, but the standard is caught up by the brave Sergeant Squires and waves undaunted in the smoke and dine [sic] of the receeding battle. This is one of the best battle pictures ever made. The first firing is done directly toward the front of the picture, and the advance of the U.S. troops apparently through the screen is very exciting; the gradual disappearances of the fighters sustaining the interest to the end. 65 feet. 9.75.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 973a), 35mm duplicate negative FPE 9628), 35mm master positive (FPE 9135), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2820)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Battles - Flags: American - Historical figures: Colonel Frederick Funston, Sergeant Squires - History: Philippines: Insurrection (1899-1901) - USA: New Jersey - War: Spanish-American War (1898)
Listing updated: 18 May 2012.
References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 500; Musser-Emerge pp. 278, 597; Niver-Early p. 3; Robinson-Palace p. 76 : Website-LoC.
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