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Film, Video For the papoose French language translation title: Pour le papoose

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • For the papoose

Other Title

  • French language translation title: Pour le papoose

Summary

  • A white man is tired of his Indian bride and falls in love with the daughter of a white settler. He escapes with the white girl and his child, but is pursued by his wife's brother, who in a desperate fight, kills him and rescues his sister's child.

Names

  • Pathé Frères (U.S.)
  • Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Pathe, 1912.

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Drama
  • -  Runaway husbands--Drama
  • -  Parental kidnapping--Drama
  • -  Siblings--Drama
  • -  Rescues--Drama

Genre

  • Western films
  • Short films
  • Silent films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  French language translation title, Pour le papoose, is supplied for the France in America project.
  • -  Incomplete: parts of picture and end title lacking; heavy nitrate deterioration printed through.
  • -  Part of summary taken from Moving picture world, v. 12, p. 262.
  • -  Dawson No. 150.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: American film-index 1908-1915; Moving picture world, v. 12, p. 262, 374.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 10 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (inc.) (655 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (inc.) (655 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEB 7246 (viewing print)
  • FPB 2851 (dupe neg pic)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90706439

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Pathé Frères, U.S, and Public Archives Of Canada/Dawson City Collection. For the Papoose. United States: Pathe, 1912. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/90706439/.

APA citation style:

Pathé Frères, U. S. & Public Archives Of Canada/Dawson City Collection. (1912) For the Papoose. United States: Pathe. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90706439/.

MLA citation style:

Pathé Frères, U.S, and Public Archives Of Canada/Dawson City Collection. For the Papoose. United States: Pathe, 1912. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90706439/>.