Admiral Cigarettes

Clip: 311873_1_1

Year Shot: 1897 (Actual Year)

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Video: B/W

Tape Master: 24

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From the Kemp Niver paper print collection, Library of Congress, from a 3/4 inch master. Shot on August 5, 1897, the film is a single long shot, lockdown, of four men sitting in front of a large "Admiral Cigarettes" backdrop: Uncle Sam, an Indian, a Clergyman, and a businessman. A large box at the left, also labeled "Admiral Cigarettes" opens up and a girl comes out in a military/showgirl outfit, and gives the men cigarettes. As the showers cigarettes in the air, the men unfurl a banner that says "WE ALL SMOKE." At the end, a title: "COPYRIGHT BY THOS. A. EDISON 1897." Advertising,