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A shot of Quentin Roosevelt’s grave in France. Several soldiers carry a wooden frame bearing a tombstone and adorned with flowers over the grave. The movie then cuts to a shot of the tombstone’s inscription.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1918
The film opens with a brief shot of several unidentified men on a boat before moving to scenes of American and French soldiers placing a new fence around the grave of Quentin Roosevelt along with a new headstone engraved in French. After a short break, the film then shows scenes of mules, loaded with boxes of ammunition, being driven along a trail, likely near Santiago, Cuba. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cuba and used primarily for transporting immediate reserves of small-arms ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Some of the men may be civilian mule skinners hired by the Army to handle the pack mules.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1898-1920