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Meet Mr Lincoln

Synopsis
Old photographs, pictures, newspapers and posters review the life of Abraham Lincoln. Consists in large part of illustrated reading from letters. Portraits of Civil War soldiers, their camps and battles, and scenes of cities and backwoods reconstruct the America Lincoln knew in the 1860s.
Series
Project Twenty, Series
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 27 min.
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production
1960
Availability
Hire
Uses
Courses on slavery, the US Civil War; 19th-century history generally.*
Subjects
History
Keywords
biographies; Lincoln, Abraham; United States of America

Distribution Formats

Type
Film
Format
16mm

Production Company

Name

USA

Distributor

Name

Higher Education Film & Video Library

Email
services@bufvc.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7393 1503
Fax
020 7393 1555
Address
c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Notes
Catalogue available from British Universities Film & Video Council.

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