Name: The Sergeant
Director: Francis Boggs
Released: 1910

The Sergeant

1910 · Selig Polyscope Company · Dir. Francis Boggs

In this Western, the sergeant takes his commander’s daughter on a horseback ride along the Merced River (which actually might be Oregon's Clackamas River). When their horses are stolen by a renegade, they are forced to travel back to headquarters by foot and lose the trail. In the first clip, mounted troops search for the lost couple. The two are found the next day and the sergeant is disgraced. However, the sergeant proves his mettle when he escapes during an Indian attack and leads reinforcements to the rescue. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project in 2012.

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The film 'The Sergeant' was released by the Selig Polyscope Company in September 1910. As a motion picture published before January 1, 1928, it has entered the public domain in the United States due to the expiration of its maximum copyright term. Under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the subsequent Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, works published before 1928 have no remaining copyright protection regardless of whether they were renewed. The 95-year maximum term for this work expired no later than the end of 2005. Therefore, the film is free to use and distribute within the US.

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