Confederate Veterans Convention, United States Of America Civil War (1914 Black & White Film)

Step back in time with this captivating 1914 silent film documenting the reunion of 40,000 Confederate veterans in Jacksonville, Florida, nearly 50 years after the Civil War. Despite the somewhat jerky motion, the film offers high-quality images and detailed titles explaining each sequence. Watch as aging veterans dance to fiddle music, parade on foot, by horse, and in cars, and gather in crowd scenes around the camp with its tents, including an emergency medical tent staffed by the Red Cross. See thousands of veterans dining together in a mess tent and scenes from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Parade featuring marching bands, a passing electric streetcar, and the Forrest Cavalry of Tennessee. The film also highlights an African-American loyal to the Confederacy and F.M. Iremonger, the youngest living Confederate veteran at the time.

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Florida Commercial Sound Films Of Jacksonville Sponsor & Mackey And Coutant Film Company Producer. (1914) Confederate Veterans Convention. [Jacksonville, Florida: publisher not identified] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088