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Filipinos Retreat from Trenches
(1899) United States of America
B&W : [?] 50, 70 or 75? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 5 June 1899 by Thomas A. Edison. Released June 1899. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Documentary?

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] An incident of the Battle of the Trenches at Candabar. The enemy are defending a high earth embankment with great stubbornness. The pits are crowded with Filipinos, who fire volley after volley. The artillery of the Americans plays havoc with their ranks and they fall back, leaving many dead. Their retreat is hotly pressed by a company of U.S. Infantry, with mounted officer. They tumble over the embankment into the trenches, fire a volley and then advance. The officer carefully examines the earthworks, his horse picking his way cautiously over the bodies of the fallen foe.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Filipinos

Listing updated: 28 January 2010.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 278, 602 : Website-AFI.

 
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