C. Fred Ackerman

Carl Frederick Ackerman[1] (17 June 1873 – 4 April 1938), also known as Raymond Ackerman, was an American journalist and early filmmaker.

Ackerman was from Syracuse, New York,[2] and was the sports editor for the Syracuse Standard.[3] His work included actuality films including from the Philippines during wartime in 1900 and from China during the Boxer Rebellion era. He worked for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.[4]

In the Philippines, Ackerman filmed Filipino Cockfight, the Battle of Mt. Arayat (Mount Ariat), and other scenes.[5] He was sent to cover the U.S. fight against an independence movement.[6]

In 1901, Ackerman toured the United States with journalist Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard making presentations about the Boxer Rebellion and China.[7]

See also
  • W. K. L. Dickson

References
  1. U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917–1918
  2. "Fred Ackerman Home from the Philippines – Guerilla Warfare May Be Carried on for Years – Former Syracuse Newspaper Man Tells of Native Cruelty. Going to South Africa". The Buffalo Review. Buffalo, New York. May 25, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. "What Our Typewriter Says". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. 3 August 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines". Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  5. Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines". Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  6. Musser, Charles (May 4, 1994). "The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  7. "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema". www.victorian-cinema.net.
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