Teaching Cavalry to Ride (1898)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short silent documentary from 1898 showing the training of volunteer cavalry soldiers before they left for the Spanish-American War. The film focuses on improving their riding skills for combat.
informationalhistoricalobservationalstagedsimplematter-of-fact
What happens
Teaching Cavalry to Ride è un cortometraggio muto del 1898. Non si conosce né il nome del regista né quello dell'operatore del film, un documentario prodotto dalla Selig che fa parte di una serie di cortometraggi del 1898 dedicati alla guerra ispano-americana alla quale partecipò il corpo di volontari dei Rough Riders nella spedizione a Cuba. I volontari, prima della partenza, vennero addestrati a varie tecniche di combattimento, puntando soprattutto sulla loro abilità di cavalieri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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