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Betsy Ross / [written by Henry A. Du Souchel ; directed by George Cowl & Travers Vale].
LIBRA DVD PN1995.75 .B4879 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Archive collection
- The archive collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836--Drama.
- Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836.
- Flags.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Drama.
- United States.
- History.
- Flags--United States--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- History.
- Historical films.
- Biographical films.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- [United States] : American Pop Classics, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- DVD ; region free ; 1:33:1 aspect ratio.
- digital optical
- DVD-video
- video file DVD video region free
- Summary:
- "... [C]hronicles Betsy Ross' relationships with George Washington, her sister Carissa, British soldier Clarence Vernon, and her second husband Joseph Ashburn, who would partake in a duel with Vernon to win Betsy's affections. Most famous, however, is Betsy's apprenticeship with an upholsterer, which would eventually lead to her trade in flag-making and the sewing of the fabled Stars and Stripes"--Container.
- Biography depicting Betsy Ross and her life.
- Participant:
- Alice Brady, John Bowers, Kate Lester, Lillian Bowers.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1917.
- OCLC:
- 1295443792
- Publisher Number:
- 874757020891
- APC0084 American Pop Classics
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