How Washington Crossed the Delaware (1912) User Reviews

In this reproduction the Edison Company has been reasonably successful

[deickemeyer · 28 September 2016]

The capture of Trenton and the Hessian troops under General Rahl by General Washington on December 26th, 1776 is one of the spectacular events of the Colonial War for independence and constitutes the seventh subject in the Edison United States history series of pictures. There have been other versions of this subject, but all seem to center about the crossing of the Delaware River amid floating cakes of ice and blinding snow storm. In each case the moving picture producer has attempted to reproduce the famous painting by E. Leutz, now reposing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In this reproduction the Edison Company has been reasonably successful. Real cakes of ice surrounded the boats used to transport Washington and his little army and this part of the picture is of considerable interest. As usual in the Edison historical series there is a slight story to give color to the incident. - The Moving Picture World, March 9, 1912