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AUTHENTIC EQUIPMENT
for Kalem’s War Dramas
THE Kalem photoplays based upon incidents in the Civil War have thrilled audiences throughout the world and from every standpoint these productions remain without a peer. A striking example of Kalem’s thoroughness in staging these romantic plays is to be found in their great labor and expense incident to the securing of authentic costumes to be used in productions of this character.
Following up information which came to the Kalem offices, the company was able to purchase a full set of uniforms which had been worn by both Federals and Confederates. These uniforms included the complete equipment of all soldiers, both officers and privates. Labels written in ink and attached to the linings of many of the Federal uniforms, read “Made for the U. S. Government at Kittery, Maine, 1863.” These garments were used in the closing years of the war and, needless to say, they saw no little service during the last campaigns.
The Confederate uniforms, secured in a similar manner, are the battle-stained garments of the defenders of the southern cause. It may readily be seen that they are not the tailored clothes of the northerners and their rough and ready character
indicate that “dress parade” was a minor consideration.
You will always see the old army muskets used in these Kalem productions, as modern rifles would be decidedly inaccurate, and many of these guns are the old campaigners, carried through the important engagements of the war.
A representative of the Kalem Company recently found in storage two large mounted cannons, with complete equipment, which were used by the Confederates in the defense of Atlanta. The entire outfits were in a perfect state of preservation and after extensive negotiations the Kalem Company secured them. These cannons, weighing over two tons each, were shipped by steamer over the Clyde Line to Jacksonville, Florida, where the Kalem war dramas are produced. In the field each of these cannons is operated by six horses and the regular attachment of artillerymen.
The Kalem Company takes pride in calling attention to their forthcoming Civil War dramas and the public will see for the first time in moving pictures the authentic uniforms, cannon and equipment which were used in the celebrated campaigns of the 6o’s.
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