The true story of the Civil War

Duration: 34

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Camera Eye Productions ; produced and directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen ; screenplay, Abram D. Murray and Louis Clyde Stoumen.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Stoumen, Louis Clyde.; Murray, Abram D.; Martin, Edward R.; Bernstein, Elmer.; Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.; Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.; Cook, Heustis.; Cook, George.; O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882.; Camera Eye Productions.; McGraw-Hill Book Company.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Copyright notice: c1957 by Louis C. Stoumen.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Music supervisor, Elmer Bernstein ; production design, Edward R. Martin ; edited by Louis Clyde Stoumen.; Narrated by Raymond Massey.; A record of the crucial Civil War period made up mostly of Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Heustis Cook George Cook and Timothy O'Sullivan's original wet-plate photographs. Relates the story of the war, describing its causes, its battles, its leaders, and its effect on the nation.; PFA 1612-01-12744. D0004; PFA 1612-01-12743. D0004; PFA 1612-01-12744. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (33 min.) (1,194 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/04/24 Some scratches, well preserved and overall in good condition. Print 1612- 01-12743 is in slightly better condition than this one, with less scratches. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/03 /07 Same.; PFA 1612-01-12743. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/04 /24 Some scratches, well preserved and overall in good condition. This print is in slightly better condition than the print 1612-01-12744, with fewer scratches. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/03/07 Same.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE