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Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 82 feet
Directed by [?] James H. White?

Cast: Admiral George Dewey [himself]

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] James H. White? / © 27 September 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [62823]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on [?] 5 September? 1899. This production may have been shot by White in Gibraltar, or by an independent photographer, or may have been faked in the United States. Musser control number 729.

Documentary.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1447), 35mm reference positive (FLA 5963), 16mm duplicate reduction negative (FRA 0012), 16mm reference reduction positive (FLA 4461)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Boats - Gibraltar - USA: Spanish-American War (1898) - Water

Listing updated: 18 May 2012.

References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison pp. 534-535; Niver-Early p. 2 : Website-LoC.