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Tearing Down the Spanish Flag
(1898) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith

Cast: [no cast]

American Vitagraph Company production; distributed by [?] American Vitagraph Company? / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot 21 April [?] 1897? in New York, New York. [?] Charles Musser suggests that this film described by Blackton is actually Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle (1899).

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Flags - War: Spanish-American War (1898)

Listing updated: 18 May 2012.

References: Bardèche-History p. 29; Pitts-Hollywood pp. 2, 8; Robinson-Palace p. 73; Shipman-Cinema p. 18; Slide-BigV pp. 8-9, 169; Slide-Early p. 14.

 
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