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August Offensive -- Unidentified World War I Documentary

Basic Information

Inventory ID 420150
Production Type SHORT ^SHORT^DOCUMENTARY
Release Year 1918
Running Time
Director N/A
Cast
Country
Language
Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
Collection

Format & Technical

Format Size 35
Format Type NITRATE
Element Info DPN
Film Base
Color Format B&W
Sound Format SI.^MOS^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

Box 5752 Record number 242197^�This is a dupe negative of a silent documentary, not just �footage� as is implied by the supplied title. It might be a short subject (if so, a three-reeler, with this being the middle reel) or a feature (with this being one of the middle reels). It is not an original negative but a dupe negative. The subtitles are printed onto a sheet of paper from the Treasury Department Motion Picture Bureau of Ontario. A note from Jeff Joseph called it �British.� What the actual title is, who knows? There are no edge codes to help. It seems to have been made right near the end of the war. This dupe negative is made much later than 1918; I�d guess the late 1930s. Probably it should be reinventoried as �Unidentified Silent Documentary,� or something similar. We can decide that when I return it after it is copied.� JG 3/27/2018

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
1 NV0001397355 V009-L10-18 Numbered