Admiral Cigarette

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Early advertising film from the Edison Manufacturing Co. / Copied at 26fps from a 35mm print preserved by the Library of Congress.

Credits

Directed by
William Heise

Copyright

Complete catalog record
ADMIRAL CIGARETTE. Admiral Cigarette. Production Co. 30 sec., b&w., 35mm. ADMIRAL CIGARETTE (1897, silent, 30 sec, b&w, 35mm) Sponsor: Admiral Cigarette. Production Co.: Edison Manufacturing Co. Director/Photographer: William Heise. Resources: Copyright 5Aug1897 44332; More Treasures, 18–19. Holdings: LC. Early advertising film. Various national symbols—an American Indian, John Bull, Uncle Sam—appear in front of an admiral cigarette sign. A showgirl leaps out to shower cigarettes on the group and unfolds a banner reading we all smoke.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, catalog record, copyright, video
  2. Wikidata · Q124393138 ↗ — country, credits, copyright
  3. Internet Archive · record ↗ — title, year, length, color, sound, description, catalog record, video