Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Annie Oakley film clip

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[edit] Annie Oakley film clip

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Reason
Remarkable pd film of a well-known public figure in action
Proposed caption
Annie Oakley, a 19th century sharpshooter and exhibition shooter who performed as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, demonstrates her rifle target skills in this 1894 film.
Articles this image appears in
Annie Oakley
Creator
William Heise (camera) in Thomas Edison's "Black Maria" studio (1894)
  • Support as nominator Spikebrennan 00:46, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support I have a few issues with the size and the clip length, but the enc value is so high that I'll overlook them. SingCal 15:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Valuable. Even though most videos this old would be anyway.NyyDave 18:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Impressive for 1894. -Malachirality 01:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Low quality, slow to load. A woman (and frankly for all you can see it could be anyone) firing a gun - that's not that hard to understand without this. And it appears that some of the shots miss, so it doesn't even impress me re her sharpshooter skills, in fact it makes me think less of her. I'd rather a picture that actually let you see this woman; something like the show poster in the article is far more interesting and useable. --jjron 09:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support per nom--Mbz1 17:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  • weak oppose per jjron. de Bivort 06:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support This movie is one of the first of it's kind. It shows moving footage of someone who lived over 100 years ago. Very encyclopedic. --ZeWrestler Talk 14:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose: I don't think she actually misses (It looks like some of the targets get hit but don't fall right away) But it's awfully small, and that limits its value. Surely there's a little more detail that could be brought out? Adam Cuerden talk 02:31, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
    • It's not just the targets on the wall. Later in the video, when she's shooting what I assume are the glass balls referred to in the image name that are tossed up by the bloke, it looks to me like she misses some and they just fall back to the ground. Now, maybe it's just fragments that are falling, but who can really tell with this quality, so my assumption is they're a miss. --jjron 08:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Very unique and valuable motion picture with a dynamic and highly notable subject. Is there any reason why this particular frame is shown as the still? Oakley looks to be about to shoot his his rear end. If it is possible, I'd rather see the still as one with the gunsmoke going into the air, or something more engaging/dynamic. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 02:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Annie Oakley shooting glass balls, 1894.ogg MER-C 09:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)