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Projectile Striking Water, Sandy Hook
Also known as [Projectile from Ten Inch Disappearing Gun Striking Water, Sandy Hook], [Firing 10-Inch Gun]
(1897) United States of America
B&W : 159 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / © 4 February 1897 by American Mutoscope Company [9268]. © 24 April [?] 1897 or 1902? by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H30722]. Released February 1897. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The film was also available in an abbreviated length of 30 feet.

Documentary.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional material] Result of a shot from the ten-inch disappearing gun.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 April 2012.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 171, 602 : Website-AFI.