A couple of black men -- White men in blackface -- steal some chickens. They leave, to be pursued by another couple of men, one armed with a scythe, the other with a gun.
It's 1897, so we can't expect much sophistication out of American film makers, and it's James White, so we can't expect any. What we can hope for is that he places the camera to actually show at is going on, and although he does show his propensity for showing the audience the backs of peoples' hats, at least you can see what they're doing.
It's 1897, so we can't expect much sophistication out of American film makers, and it's James White, so we can't expect any. What we can hope for is that he places the camera to actually show at is going on, and although he does show his propensity for showing the audience the backs of peoples' hats, at least you can see what they're doing.
