US EditionIntern Discovers Only Known Surviving Copy of Lost Silent Film on Abraham Lincoln
- An intern, Dan Martin, discovered the only known surviving copy of the 1915 silent film The Heart of Lincoln at Historic Films Archive in Long Island.
- The 65-minute movie has been cleaned and digitized and is set to be donated to the Library of Congress, which lists it among over 7,000 lost silent films.
- Martin recognized Francis Ford's name in the credits and described the discovery as a 'rewarding outcome' for film preservation students.
- Martin noted the Ford brothers' fascination with Lincoln as a significant figure, stating, 'This was like a missing puzzle piece to the whole myth around these guys.
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Intern Finds Only Known Surviving Copy of 'The Heart of Lincoln,' a Silent Film Thought to Be Lost to History
Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost"
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Intern Rediscovers Long-Lost Silent Film
One of the thousands of silent films believed to have been lost forever is lost no more. The Heart of Lincoln , a 1915 Civil War drama, was found by Dan Martin, an intern going through old reels Historic Films Archive in Greenport, Long Island, NBC News reports. Martin, a film...
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