Kidnapping by Indians (1899)

Genre

silent film, Western film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2 min

Rating

2.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of white settlers is attacked by Native Americans who kidnap a woman. The settlers then pursue the kidnappers to rescue her.

old-timeyactiondramatichistoricalplot-drivensilentfictionalstagey

What happens

Kidnapping by Indians is an 1899 British short silent Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is believed to be the first dramatic film in the Western genre, pre-dating Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery by four years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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