Walt Whitman's Civil War

United States, 1972

Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Walt Whitman (played by Will Geer) moves through now-deserted fields remembering the “long solemn trenches”, the wounded, the dead, the thousands of personal tragedies of “The War of Attempted Secession”. Poems such as “Ashes of Soldiers” and “The Artilleryman’s Vision” are interspersed with his eye witness prose accounts of the war from the sound track and present the majesty and power of Whitman’s style. Archive photographs and filmed representations of the war are also featured.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Churchill Films

Magus Films

producer/director

Frederic Goodich

Duration

00:14:15:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011636

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War and society

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → History

History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

History → Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Literature → Poetry

Literature → Poetry - Collections

Literature → Poets

Literature → Poets, American - 19th century

Literature → Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

People → Poets, American - 19th century

People → Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/74456--walt-whitmans-civil-war/ |title=Walt Whitman's Civil War |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=3 December 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}