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Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees
Also known as Reception Committee on Board the “Olympia” and Committee of Arrangements’ Visit to Admiral Dewey in the USA
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 85 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: Admiral George Dewey [himself], Nelson Appleton Miles [himself], William Thomas Sampson [himself], Octavius L. Pruden [himself]
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] James H. White? / © 2 October 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [63830]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 28 September 1899 in New York Harbor. Edison telegraphic order code name: Uncalled. Musser control number 732.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [Edison Films, March 1900, page 7] Showing Committee of Arrangements visit to the Admiral on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia. // [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: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Brook Foundation collection, paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1449), 35mm duplicate negative (FPA 491), 35mm reference positive (FEA 4660)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: History: USA: Spanish-American War (1898) - Ships - USA: New York: New York: New York Harbor
Listing updated: 18 May 2012.
References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison pp. 536-537; Niver-Early p. 2 : Website-LoC.
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