Fox Movietone News Story 21-196

Description: Item Description Fox Library Number Fox Movietone News Story 21-196 Title Memorial services at USS Maine Monument--outtakes Sound or Silent Sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Fox Movietone News Collection Collection Fox Movietone News Collection Filmed on or about 1934-02-15 Filmed on or about (end) 1934-02-15 Decade 1930 Date Note Filmed on February 15, 1934. Content Description Services at the USS Maine Monument. Jefferson Caffery, United States Ambassador to Cuba, lays a wreath along with the Minister of Reading Services. Spanish-American War veterans, Admiral Freeman, and staff saluting. Appearing are: Caffery; Doctor Cosme de la Torriente, Secretary of State; provisional President Carlos Mendieta; and Roberto Mendez Penate, Secretary of Justice. Mendieta arrives at the services, shakes hands with Caffery and officials, and speaks. Also includes scenes of a crowd and Morro Castle in the distance; Cuban sailors and the infantry; the monument; writing on the memorial; and an airplane fly-over. Exterior; day: United States Ambassador Jefferson Caffery laying wreath. With minister reading services. With Spanish-American War veterans. Admiral Freeman and staff saluting. (L to R): Caffery; Doctor Cosme de la Torriente, Secretary of State; President Carlos Mendieta; and Roberto Mendez Penata, Secretary of Justice. Mendieta arriving. Shaking hands with Caffery and officials. Speaking. Long shot crowd with Morro Castle in distance. Long shot Cuban sailors and infantry. Pan medium shot and closeup Monument. Writing on memorial. Long shot airplane flyover. Parade. Note: used in Metro 5/243; cassette slated as MVTN 21-196 only Geographic Location Havana (Cuba) Subject Memorials. Caffery, Jefferson, 1886-1974. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Torriente, Cosme de la, 1872- Monuments. Veterans. Spanish-American War, 1898--Influence. Maine (Battleship) Castillo del Morro (Havana, Cuba)--Description and travel. Keywords Mendieta, Carlos, 1873-1960. Penate, Roberto Mendez, 1871-1934. Admiral Freeman. New York Naval Shipyard. Camera Crew Delgado, Fernando (Camera operator) Newsreel Producer Fox Movietone News (Production unit) Physical Format Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-density optical. Acetate. Citation Memorial services at USS Maine Monument--outtakes. (Fox Movietone News Story 21-196.) Fox Movietone News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Rights Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208. Donor Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Time Period Great Depression (1930-1938) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Digital Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a NTSC videotape reproducing a film original which may not be still in existence.