<I>Brief Encounter</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1945
name: label: Directed by
content: Sir David Lean CBE, British, 1908 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Celia Johnson, British, 1908 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Trevor Howard, British, 1913 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Stanley Holloway, British, 1890 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Joyce Carey, British, 1898 - 1993
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A romantic drama with the title Brief Encounter. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film chronicles the extramarital affair between a suburban wife and a doctor who meet on a train platform.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.109.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 31 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1100 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet