Filipinos retreat from trenches /

"An incident of the Battle of the Trenches at Candabar [sic]. The enemy threw up a high earth embankment during the night, and are defending it with great stubbornness. The pits are crowded with Filipinos, who fire volley after volley. The artillery of the Americans plays havoc with their ranks and they fall back, leaving many dead. Their retreat is hotly covered by a company of U.S. Infantry, with mounted officer. They tumble over the embankment into the trench, fire a volley and advance. The officer carefully examines the earthworks, his horse picking his way cautiously over the bodies of the fallen foe. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.
37444 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5June1899; 37444.
Original main title lacking.
Reenacted by the New Jersey National Guard.
Duration: 0:51 at 24 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1355) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. Copy 2 paper pos not recorded in rehousing log.
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Reenacted May 1899 in the Orange Mountains near 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. 502; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 4 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 31 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 40.
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 9627 to FZA 2361.