Funeral of Hiram Cronk / - movie film screenshot

The film shows a city thoroughfare lined with crowds of people watching a military parade. The first group to come into view is a marching band [Frame: 0120], then a large formation of soldiers in the uniform of Rough Riders [0720]. Following them is a hearse drawn by four black horses, escorted by veterans of the Civil War [2742], and horse-drawn open carriages. The camera position shifts and most of the paraders can be seen for a second time: the band [3692], the hearse [5610], and the Civil War veterans [6000]. Hiram Cronk, a veteran of the War of 1812, died at the age of 105. He was thought to be the last surviving veteran of that war.
H61323 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25May1905; H61323.
Duration: 3:51 at 15 fps.
Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
Photographed May 17-18, 1905. Location: Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Received: 5/25/05; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref print and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.