A War Time Escape

A Sidney Olcott film directed by , released in 1911.

A Sidney Olcott film directed by , released in 1911.
A film directed by , released in 1911.
A George Melford film directed by , released in 1911.

A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.

In this early Gaston Méliès short film, a young officer of the Confederate army, fighting under the Stars and Bars, answers the call of duty, joins his regiment and meets the enemy.
A film directed by , released in 1910.

The opening scene of our story shows a Union powder wagon making its way down the road convoyed by a company of mounted Union soldiers. The route of this wagon is reported to Confederate headquarters by one of its spies.…
A Sidney Olcott film directed by , released in 1910.

During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother’s place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting…

Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look…