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9th Infantry Boys’ Morning Wash
(1898) United States of America
B&W : 39 feet
Directed by William Paley
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by William Paley. / © 20 May 1898 by Thomas A. Edison [31444]. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot circa May 1898 in Tampa, Florida. Edison telegraphic order code name: Umlenken.
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life. Soap and towels too. Every man jack of them looks as if he were enjoying the wash immensely, and also the novelty of having his picture taken. The big fellow in the center of the picture is laughing heartily. All the figures are clearly outlined, and the whole group is true to life. 50 feet.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1329), 35mm duplicate negative (FRA 1487), 35mm viewing positive (FPB 9735), 16mm duplicate reduction negative (FPB 9735), 16mm reference reduction positive (FLA 4343)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 January 2009.
References: Film viewing : Niver-Early p. 223 : Website-LoC.
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