Cuban ambush / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"From the upper windows of a ruined mill the Cubans fire at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
46695 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46695.
Camera, [William Heise?].
Duration: 0:24 at 34 fps.
Reenacted ca. July 1898, probably in New Jersey.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0222) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 458-459; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 71; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 34 [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 9358 to FZA 2648.