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.
Credits
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
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)