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

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, and was the sports editor for the ''Syracuse Standard''. His work included

actuality film The actuality film is a non-fiction film genre that, like the documentary film, uses footage of real events, places, and things. Unlike the documentaries, actuality films are not structured into a larger argument, picture of the phenomenon or coh ...

s including from the Philippines during wartime in 1900 and from China during the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

era. He worked for

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. In the Philippines, Ackerman filmed ''Filipino Cockfight'', the ''Battle of Mt. Arayat'' (

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), and other scenes. He was sent to cover the U.S. fight against an independence movement. In 1901, Ackerman toured the United States with journalist

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making presentations about the

and China.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackerman, Carl 1873 births 1938 deaths People from Syracuse, New York American male journalists American filmmakers 19th-century American newspaper editors 20th-century American journalists

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