<I>Hamlet</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Directed by
content: John Barnes, American, 1920 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Maynard Mack PhD, American, 1909 - 2001
label: Distributed by
content: Encyclopædia Britannica Films, American, founded 1928
label: Subject of
content: Stratford Shakespearean Festival Company, Canadian, founded 1952
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 series of educational films called Hamlet. It consists of three reels of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound. The films, which discusses Shakespeare’s Hamlet, feature Professor Maynard of Yale University as well as a cast from Stratford Shakespearean Festival Company.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Three educational films about Hamlet
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
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content: Film
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2017.55.75.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
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): 29 Minutes
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content: Length (Film): 1075 Feet
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