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The Christian Herald’s Relief Station, Havana
(1898) United States of America
B&W : 136 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Released March 1898. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The film was also available in the USA at 25 feet.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This picture was taken just before the opening of the Spanish-American War. It shows a great throng of starving Cuban reconcentrados at the relief station established by the Christian Herald, New York City.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Cuba: Havana

Listing updated: 20 April 2012.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 245, 600 : Website-AFI.