print email comment close The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/ Description: The Spanish-American War was the first war in which the movie camera played a role. This site contains sixty-eight films produced between 1898 and 1901 showing "troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time events" of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution. Each film is available in RealMedia, MPEG, and QuickTime formats. The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War provides a historical background and essays on the war from the perspectives of Cuba, Spain, and Puerto Rico. The site is searchable and browsable. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Spanish-American War, 1898 LII Database Information: Record 16402 created by Dana Lubow on 03/27/2000 Last modification on 11/20/2000 Published: 03/27/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16402