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Fire Drill, Albuquerque Indian School
(1903) United States of America
B&W : 82 feet
Directed by [?] F.S. Armitage?

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by F.S. Armitage. / Released November 1903. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format?

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] The first of an interesting series of pictures covering the work which is being done by the U.S. Indian Dept., in the education of the nation’s wards. An alarm of fire is given at the Alberquerque school, the young Indians rush out in good order, raise ladders, man the hose, and soon have a stream playing on the roof.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: New Mexico: Albuquerque

Listing updated: 28 January 2010.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 359, 602 : Website-AFI.