Grass : a nation's battle for life /
A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with English intertitles, music score. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Milestone Film & Video ;
[1999]
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| Series: | Milestone collection.
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| Summary: | A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. These three people were the first Westerners to cross the Zardeh Kuh Pass and the first to make this migration with the tribes. |
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| Item Description: | Videodisc release of a 1925 film. Single layer; aspect ratio 1.33:1. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 DVD-video (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Directors-producers, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison ; photography, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack ; music, Gholam Hosain Janati-Ataie, Kavous Shirzadian, and Amir Ali Vahabzadegan. |