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Humanity
(1916)

 

This Broncho Billy Anderson western, written and directed by Anderson, features Ruth Saville, Rodney Hildebrand, Robert McKenzie, Harry Todd, Lee Willard and Thomas J. Crizer.

The film may only survive in a two-reel version released in 1918.

Unknown Video
2004 DVD edition

Wagon Tracks (1919), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated, with Humanity [Naked Hands rerelease version] (1916), black & white, 32 minutes, not rated.

Unknown Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 3.7 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (Humanity); standard DVD keepcase; $18.95.
Release date: 22 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 6.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an analog video transfer prepared in 1998 (initially for release on VHS videotape) from a fine-grain 16mm reduction print held in the Blackhawk Films collection. The print has a number of defects including speckling, dust, moments of print decomposition, emulsion scuffing and scrapes, but the greyscale range is reasonably balanced for acceptable viewing.

The film is presented with an electronic organ music score performed by Bob Vaughn. The low-fidelity recording is a bit hissy but the performance is serviceable.

This is the best-looking edition of Humanity available on home video but may be very hard to find.

 
UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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2014 DVD edition

The Struggle Plus Other Rare Shorts (1913-1924), black & white, 80 minutes total, not rated, including Humanity [Naked Hands rerelease version] (1916), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7390D, UPC 0-89218-73909-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 4 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 25 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This budget DVD-R collection of short westerns has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print of the two-reel rerelease version of the film.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack culled from preexisting recordings.

 
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