Charge of Boer cavalry [no. 2] /

"In the distance is seen a number of grey objects rapidly approaching, which, upon drawing closer, are recognized as a company of Boer cavalry. As they draw nearer, you can see that they are straining every nerve and urging their horses to the utmost speed. Waving their sabres aloft on they come, so that the audience involuntarily make an effort to move from their seats in order to avoid being trampled under the horses"--Edison films catalog.

D7877 U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 16Apr1900; D7877.

Duration: 0:31 at 24 fps.

Paper print shelf number (LC 1189) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.

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Filmed April 11, 1900, in the Orange Mountains, West Orange, New Jersey.

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. 588; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 52; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 28 [MI].

Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

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