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Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser “Olympia”
Also known as Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of the Committee of Arrangements and Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Committee in the USA
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 84 feet
Directed by James H. White

Cast: Admiral George Dewey [himself], Nelson Appleton Miles [himself], Admiral William Thomas Sampson [himself], Octavius L. Pruden [himself]

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / Cinematography by [?] James H. White? / © 2 October 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [63831]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 28 September 1899 in New York Harbor. Edison telegraphic order code name: Uncalm. The film was also available in a 75 foot length. Musser control number 733. MAVIS control number 48461.

Documentary.

Synopsis: [Edison Films, March 1900, page 7] Showing the gallant Admiral standing directly in front of the camera, life size, his head bare, graciously bidding his guests adieu. This was exhibited at the Eden Musee and Koster and Bial’s, New York, to 18,000 people the next day after the picture was taken. 75 feet. $11.25. // [Edison Manufacturing Company catalog, number 94, page ?] We equipped eight parties on the occasion of Admiral Dewey's arrival in New York Harbor, Wednesday, September 27th, 1899, and secured the following excellent moving pictures of the Admiral and his great ship, together with the stirring events of Dewey Day, September 29th, the day of the Naval Parade, and Dewey Day, September 30th, the day of the Land Parade. Ours was the only photographic apparatus on board the U.S. Cruiser Olympia on this memorable occasion. The Admiral posed especially for our camera.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1346b), 35mm duplicate negative (FPE 9286), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2881)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: History: USA: Spanish-American War (1898) - Ships - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 18 May 2012.

References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 537; Niver-Early p. 2 : Website-LoC.

 
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