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Film, Video AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck All wrong old Laddiebuck / Title on liner notes: AWOL; or, All wrong old Laddiebuck / Title on the Internet movie database WWW site: A.W.O.L. / AWOL; or, All wrong old Laddiebuck / A.W.O.L.

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Title

  • AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck

Other Title

  • All wrong old Laddiebuck
  • Title on liner notes: AWOL; or, All wrong old Laddiebuck
  • Title on the Internet movie database WWW site: A.W.O.L.
  • AWOL; or, All wrong old Laddiebuck
  • A.W.O.L.

Summary

  • From J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress: Concerns American soldiers in Europe after the armstice [sic]. One goes AWOL with "Joy" (Miss AWOL) and after a series of mishaps with her, he is thrown in a guard house while his fellow soldiers go home.
  • From Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes: A cautionary tale for troops impatient to return home after the November 1918 armistice.

Names

  • Bowers, Charles R., 1889-1946, animator
  • American Motion Picture Corporation
  • AFI/Rhode Island Historical Society Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [American Motion Picture Co., ca. 1919].

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army--Drama
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--United States--Propaganda
  • -  Soldiers--Conduct of life--Drama
  • -  Absence without leave--Drama
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Armistices--Drama
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons--Drama
  • -  Military offenses--Drama
  • -  Military prisons--Europe--Drama

Genre

  • Instructional films
  • Animated films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Duration: 3:05 (part 1) and 2:35 (part 2) at 22 fps.
  • -  Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921 liner notes; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; M/B/RS preliminary catalog card.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 6 min., ca. 479 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEA 3137 (viewing print)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694022

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bowers, Charles R., Animator, American Motion Picture Corporation, and Afi/Rhode Island Historical Society Collection. AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck. [United States: American Motion Picture Co, 1919] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694022/.

APA citation style:

Bowers, C. R., American Motion Picture Corporation & Afi/Rhode Island Historical Society Collection. (1919) AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck. [United States: American Motion Picture Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694022/.

MLA citation style:

Bowers, Charles R., Animator, American Motion Picture Corporation, and Afi/Rhode Island Historical Society Collection. AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck. [United States: American Motion Picture Co, 1919] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694022/>.