Transport "Whitney" leaving dock /

"This boat was the first one to leave for the South with troops. On board is a battalion of the 5th U.S. Infantry. She is a sidewheeler, and the churn of her wide paddles makes the white foam seethe and boil as she backs out of the dock. The constant seesaw of the walking beam on the upper deck, the moving men on board and the boiling, bubbling water all combine to make the spectacle one of much interest. The light is good and the film is an excellent one. 50 feet"--Edison films "war extra" catalog.
31447 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1898; 31447.
Original main title lacking.
Camera, William Paley.
Duration: 0:30 at 24 fps.
Filmed May 7, 1898, in Tampa, Florida.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0326) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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. 430; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 334; Edison films "war extra" catalog, May 10, 1898, p. 6 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 13 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.