Band and Battalion of the U.S. Indian School (1901)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film shows a parade drill by the cadet corps of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The Carlisle Band leads the procession, which includes students from many Native American tribes.

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What happens

Band and Battalion of the U.S. Indian School is a silent film documentary made on April 30, 1901, by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company made in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. The cinematographer was Arthur Marvin. It depicts a parade drill by the cadet corps of the American Indian School which includes many representatives of the Native American tribes in the United States. The head of the parade was the renowned Carlisle Band [1] of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. In 1902 Marvin produced another documentary, Club Swinging at Carlisle Indian School for AM&B. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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