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Article by Cooper C. Graham and Ron van Dopperen, describing how the Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casement was filmed in 1915 by American cinematographer Albert K. Dawson.
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This is the only extant footage showing Roger Casement. Our article describes how Casement was persuaded to appear before the movie camera and how this film ended up in contemporary newsreels.
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This page is a summary of: Roger Casement on Screen: The Background Story on an Historical Film Opportunity, 1915–1916, Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television, January 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2015.1100386.
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