Creator
Gregory, Carl Louis
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Identifier
2005002r_N-107-01_filming_Indian_Massacre_Deerfield_1910
Creation Date
1910
Subject—Topics
Edison Studios; Silent Films; Motion pictures; Ononko's Vow; Deerfield, Massachusetts
Date Range
October, 1910
Description
Two actors dressed as Native Americans sitting in snow. Production still taken by Carl Louis Gregory from the Edison one-reel silent film “Ononko’s Vow” on location in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He worked as a cinematographer on the production, released October 1910. Loosely based on the Deerfield massacre of February 29, 1704, during the French and Indian war, when a band of French soldiers and their Native American allies surprised and raided Deerfield. BW film negative; 3” x 4”
Format
BW film negative; 3” x 4”
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
N-107-01