Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Propaganda of the Spanish American War

Original - A 1898 film short by the Thomas Edison studio depicting an execution in Cuba. Staged reenactment, probably filmed in New Jersey.

Reason: "Shooting Captured Insurgents", reenactment probably filmed in New Jersey. Edison films catalog description: A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. Duration: 0:22 at 34 fps.
Articles this image appears in: Propaganda of the Spanish American War
Creator: (Expired) copyright named Thomas Edison. Camera, William Heise.

Support as conominator --Durova^Charge! 20:04, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as conominator Humanity has come so far since those days... Bastique ^demandez 20:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Quite striking and shocking indeed. If ever a media file had encyclopedic value, this would be it. Cirt (talk) 20:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This can't really go anywhere until someone fixes the thumbnailing. MER-C 04:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment I substituted .ogg file to act as a temporary placeholder until the bug gets fixed. Bastique ^demandez 18:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. (assuming bug will be fixed) A moving film with impressive encyclopedic value. Mostlyharmless (talk) 03:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The bug is no longer relevant to this now that we've got an .ogg file; the bug applied to .ogv files. Durova^Charge! 20:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice video, good enc. in Propaganda of the Spanish American War. Spencer^T♦^C 00:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Shooting Captured Insurgents - Spanish-American War.ogg --jjron (talk) 09:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]