28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
director: James H. White
original title: Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
country: Philippines, United States
year: 1899
running time: 56 sec.
synopsis
The coverage from a battlefield, made for Edison Manufacturing Company, captures the advance of the American army, lead by the lieutenant general Arthur C. MacArthur Jr., and the subsequent conquest of Caloocan in 1899. That year Washington refused to acknowledge the First Philippine Republicʼs declaration of independence and instead sent the American army, starting the Philippine-American war.
biography
James H. White (1872–1944) was a pioneer of the Canadian cinema. He worked for Edison Manufacturing Company for which he made more than 500 films – both fictional and documentary.more about film
director: | James H. White |