Wreck of the "Vizcaya" /

Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya was destroyed by the U.S. Navy on July 4, 1898, while trying to escape a blockade of Santiago Bay in Cuba during the Spanish-American War."This is a wonderfully impressive picture, taken on the morning after the battle in which the Spanish navy was destroyed. This battleship, once the "Pride of Spain," is shown a ruined hulk on the beach, the terrible effect of the guns of Uncle Sam's warships being apparent everywhere. Contrasted with our earlier picture of the "Viscaya" in New York Harbor ["Vizcaya" under full headway], the "Viscaya" here presents a woeful appearance"--Biograph picture catalogue.Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Apr1903; H30726.Original main title lacking; titles added to Paper Print Collection copies during restoration. DLCProbable release date from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.Duration: 0:27 at 16 fps.Biograph production no. 707.Paper print shelf number (LC 0136) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCFilmed July 3, 1898, off the coast of Santiago de Cuba.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 371; Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902, p. 202 [MI]; Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 167; Musser, C. Emergence of cinema, v. 1, p. 248; Werstein, I. The Spanish-American War, p. 110; Freidel, F. The splendid little war, p. 229.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986