Major General Shafter / motion picture

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general air of avoirdupois. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
46694 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 5Aug1898; 46694.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, William Paley.
Duration: 0:30 at 24 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0228) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Filmed in Daiquirí, Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba), probably in June 1898.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 452; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 198; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 34 [MI].
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.