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Cuban Reconcentrados
(1898) United States of America
B&W : [?] 25 or 137? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Released March 1898. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From American Mutoscope promotional materials] The Spanish policy of concentrating all the inhabitants of the small villages and farms into the larger cities is well illustrated by this picture. A crowd of these unfortunate people with their utensils are gathered about a free soup kitchen.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Cubans

Listing updated: 18 May 2012.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 245, 600 : Website-AFI.