N.Y. Journal despatch yacht "Buccaneer" /

"Shows the despatch boat of the "New York Journal" steaming through the water, having aboard the war correspondents. This is one of the fastest yachts engaged in the business. She approaches rapidly and as she cuts through the sea her prow throws the water in a white spray on either side. This is an excellent picture of a good subject. The bow waves are especially fine. 50 feet"--Edison films "war extra" catalog.
25330 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1898; 25330.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, William Paley.
Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.
According to Edison Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, New York Journal correspondent Karl C. Decker is on the bridge of the yacht, however, no one on the ship is clearly visible.
Filmed ca. March 17-April 8, 1898, off Key West, Florida.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1264) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 221; Edison films "war extra" catalog, May 10, 1898, p. 7 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 13; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 412.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEB 9809 to FYA 1664.