Charge of Boer Calvary No. 1 (1900)
Charge of Boer Calvary No. 2 (1900)
*** (out of 4)
These two Edison shorts run just over a minute total but they offer some interesting, early looks at early film-making. Both films feature the same thing as the camera is set in a field when a calvary charges towards them. The "No. 2" appears to have been the first film shot for one main reason and that's the big edit in the action, which is obviously there because one of the horses crashed into the camera. We see the accident, then an edit and then back to the action. God only knows what happen to the poor soul holding the camera. The No. 1 film has the camera back further but pretty much the same action. No. 2 was also released as CHARGE OF THE BOER CALVARY with the only change being "the" put into the title.
Charge of Boer Calvary No. 2 (1900)
*** (out of 4)
These two Edison shorts run just over a minute total but they offer some interesting, early looks at early film-making. Both films feature the same thing as the camera is set in a field when a calvary charges towards them. The "No. 2" appears to have been the first film shot for one main reason and that's the big edit in the action, which is obviously there because one of the horses crashed into the camera. We see the accident, then an edit and then back to the action. God only knows what happen to the poor soul holding the camera. The No. 1 film has the camera back further but pretty much the same action. No. 2 was also released as CHARGE OF THE BOER CALVARY with the only change being "the" put into the title.
