A cowboy lassos a steer in the United States. Several cowboys ride up and surround the steer. When the steer starts to walk away, a cowboy holds fast to the lasso which pulls the steer's hind feet off the ground so it falls down. The cowboy dismounts and walks toward the steer. (Edison Company, 1898)
Company F of the1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry initiates a new man in Tampa, Florida. A group of men bounces a recruit up and down on a blanket. Nineteen times he bounces on the blanket. This is an initiative by Company F of the 1st Ohio Volunteers during the Spanish-American War to welcome a new recruit to their unit. (Edison Company, 1898)
Surrounded and escorted by a variety of smaller craft, the American Armored Cruiser, USS New York (CA-2) enters waters of New York City to participate in the Spanish American War Victory Fleet Review. She fires several guns in salute as she makes way. (Edison Company, 1898)
Army mules carry ammunition for American forces, along the Santiago trail, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Some of the men seen may be civilian muleskinners hired by the army to help handle the pack mules. (Edison Company, 1898)
A warship is launched, as men watch from small boats nearby. As the warship comes down the ways, it sets up a wave that jostles the small boats. Men from one boat jump into the river, fully clothed. (Edison Company, 1898)
14th Street and Broadway in New York City, New York. A wagon pulled by horses along the streets. A sign on the top of a shop reads 'The Crawford Shoe'. Beer wagons move along the streets. A man on the sidewalk sprinkles items (coins?) from a rolled up paper, as boys stoop to pick them up. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and street cars in the street. (Edison Company, 1898)