Burial of the "Maine" victims /

"Taken at Key West, Fla., March 27, 1898. First comes a detachment of sailors and marines in the left foreground, while at the right is seen a crowd of small colored boys, which precedes any public procession in the South. Then follow the nine hearses, each coffin draped with THE FLAG. At the side of each wagon walk the pall bearers, surviving comrades, their heads bowed in attitudes of grief. Next come naval officers and marines, and lastly a procession of carriages, followed by a large crowd on foot. The scene is reproduced as it actually occurred. The figures are life size and well in the foreground"--Edison films "war extra" catalog.
25325 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1898; 25325.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, William Paley.
Duration: 1:50 at 20 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1511) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed March 27, 1898, in Key West, Florida.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 411; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, p. 41; Edison films "war extra" catalog, May 10, 1898, p. 4 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9305 to FZA 2726.