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The Resource The war of the worlds, director, Byron Haskin

The war of the worlds, director, Byron Haskin

Label
The war of the worlds
Title
The war of the worlds
Statement of responsibility
director, Byron Haskin
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Byron Haskin's genre-defining sci-fi classic, an Oscar-winning adaptation of the novel by H. G. Wells, is both an influential triumph of visual imagination and a still-disquieting document of the wonder and terror of the atomic age
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: G
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.W37 2020
PerformerNote
Gene Barry, Ann Robinson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1984
  • 1929-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Haskin, Byron
  • Barry, Gene
  • Robinson, Ann
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
85
Series statement
Criterion collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Martian meteorites
  • Martians
  • Space vehicles
  • Scientists
  • Martian meteorites
  • Martians
  • Scientists
  • Space vehicles
  • United States
Technique
live action
Label
The war of the worlds, director, Byron Haskin
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/013/308/000000000013308028.jpg
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Special features: New alternate 5.1 soundtrack; audio commentaries; Movie archeologists; From the archive; audio interview with George Pal from 1970; The sky is falling, a 2005 documentary; The Mercury Theatre on the air radio adaptation from 1938; radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles; trailer; essay by J. Hoberman
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1154790488
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (85 min.)
Isbn
9781681437392
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515248716
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC3167DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1154790488
System details
DVD, full screen (1.37:1); mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The war of the worlds, director, Byron Haskin
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/013/308/000000000013308028.jpg
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Special features: New alternate 5.1 soundtrack; audio commentaries; Movie archeologists; From the archive; audio interview with George Pal from 1970; The sky is falling, a 2005 documentary; The Mercury Theatre on the air radio adaptation from 1938; radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles; trailer; essay by J. Hoberman
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1154790488
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (85 min.)
Isbn
9781681437392
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515248716
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC3167DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1154790488
System details
DVD, full screen (1.37:1); mono
Video recording format
DVD

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