Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade (1899)

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, no. 2 (1899)

Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees (1899)

Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser"Olympia" (1899)

U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade (1899)

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George Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered forhis victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he wonwithout the death of a single person due to the battle. Needless to saysince he was a big hero in this country Edison decided to film him atvarious stages and release them to make some money.

I'm not sure how much money the company ended up making but some backthen might have seen these films as a rip because you really don't gettoo many views of Dewey. The shorts vary from one to another but theyrun from a minute and a half up to four-minutes but in some of themDewey is only visible for a few seconds. ADMIRAL DEWEY LEADING LANDPARADE is shot very poorly so apparently the cameraman was a new one.Its "sequel" looks a lot better and features some interesting shots ofvarious people watching. You'll notice the tree tops are blowing fromside to side so it seems a wind storm was going on. RECEIVINGWASHINGTON AND NEW YORK appears to be a staged shot as Dewey walks toand from the camera several times. The LEADING NAVAL PARADE is aninteresting one as we see countless ships going down the Hudson Riverbut the curious thing is again the wind that is blowing all sorts ofthings around.