This print is featured as an unadvertised bonus to Kino's magnificent collection "The Movies Begin: A Treasury of Early Cinema" in the second volume, namely "The European Pioneers." The reason they call this an unadvertised bonus is because the print survives in a most blurry condition, thus it is below Kino's standard quality.
Apparently this film is a reenactment of an event in the Spanish-American war. There is not much here. A group of soldiers line up some other soldiers against a wall. The commanding officer signals and the soldiers shoot at the ones lined up against the wall. As the smoke clears the soldiers are seen falling to the ground. That's practically it.
A dramatic picture, shocking for 1898. But it has good historical value and must have been a great achievement. Of course it is not a real event, but looks pretty believable even today.
(Note: I plan to review all of the unadvertised bonuses at some time. This is the fourth I've reviewed. The others are "Girls Swinging" (1897) "The Interrupted Bathers" and "The Draped Model" (both 1902).
Apparently this film is a reenactment of an event in the Spanish-American war. There is not much here. A group of soldiers line up some other soldiers against a wall. The commanding officer signals and the soldiers shoot at the ones lined up against the wall. As the smoke clears the soldiers are seen falling to the ground. That's practically it.
A dramatic picture, shocking for 1898. But it has good historical value and must have been a great achievement. Of course it is not a real event, but looks pretty believable even today.
(Note: I plan to review all of the unadvertised bonuses at some time. This is the fourth I've reviewed. The others are "Girls Swinging" (1897) "The Interrupted Bathers" and "The Draped Model" (both 1902).