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Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, no. 2
Also known as Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, (Eighth Ave.) in the USA
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 200 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: Admiral George Dewey [himself], Robert Anderson Van Wyck [himself], Nelson Appleton Miles [himself], Admiral William Thomas Sampson [himself], Winfield Scott Schley [himself]
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] James H. White? / © 7 October 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [65369]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 30 September 1899 in New York, New York. The film was also available in a 100 foot length. Musser control number 742.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [Edison Films catalog, March 1900, page 8] Showing Central Park in the back-ground. 200 feet. $30.00. // [Edison Manufacturing Company catalog, number 94, page ?] We equipped eight parties on the occasion of Admiral Dewey's arrival in New York Harbor, Wednesday, September 27th, 1899, and secured the following excellent moving pictures of the Admiral and his great ship, together with the stirring events of Dewey Day, September 29th, the day of the Naval Parade, and Dewey Day, September 30th, the day of the Land Parade. Ours was the only photographic apparatus on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia on this memorable occasion. The Admiral posed especially for our camera.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1941), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2997)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Parades - History: USA: Spanish-American War (1898) - Street scenes - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 18 May 2012.
References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 545; Niver-Early p. 2 : Website-LoC.
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