Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898)
- Directed by
- Albert E. Smith, J. Stuart Blackton
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A US crew makes a silent short film showing Spanish symbols being removed. It was one of the earliest war films and reflects American sentiment during the Spanish-American War.
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What happens
Tearing Down the Spanish Flag ist ein US-amerikanischer Kriegsfilm aus dem Jahr 1898, der von J. Stuart Blackton und Albert E. Smith für Vitagraph hergestellt wurde. Der Film war einer der ersten Kriegsfilme überhaupt, allerdings entstand Georges Méliès Combat naval en Grèce bereits im Vorjahr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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