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Aug 05, 1898
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Shooting Captured Insurgents (1898)

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture.” (Edison film catalog)

Category

War

Country

United States of America

Companies

Edison Studios

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