The Confederate Ironclad
About The Confederate Ironclad
Confederate Lieutenant Yancey shows Elinor, a Northern niece visiting Mary de Lane, the creek where an ironclad is being built. Elinor writes the location to a Union officer and adds that the fort has no powder. The Union storms the battery. Yancey races for a powder train. Rose rides with him. Elinor sets the bridge on fire. Rose cuts the burning car loose, the powder gets through, and the ironclad beats the Union gunboats. The Confederates take the Union officer. Rose talks Yancey into letting Elinor and the officer go.
Cast & crew
More about The Confederate Ironclad
Kenean Buel directed, without a credit on some listings. Kalem released the one-reeler in 1912, fifty years after the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack. Guy Coombs plays Yancey. Anna Q. Nilsson plays Elinor. Miriam Cooper plays Rose.
Themes
Background
A Civil War spy short made in 1912, timed to the fiftieth year after the first fight between ironclads.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
Extant. The George Eastman Museum preserves an original 35mm print and a digital copy of 15 minutes 33 seconds.
Notes
- A preserved copy of the original 35mm runs 15 minutes 33 seconds.
- Hal Clements is also billed. The Wikipedia cast list names only Coombs, Nilsson, and Cooper with roles.
- The picture is not lost. The George Eastman Museum holds the 35mm and a playable digital copy.
Scenes
- Yancey walks Elinor down the hidden creek to the unfinished gunboat.
- Elinor fires the bridge under the powder train.
- Rose uncouples the burning car so the powder still reaches the fort.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Confederate Ironclad (1912).webm)
