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AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck /

AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck /

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From J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress: Concerns American soldiers in Europe after the armstice [sic]. One goes AWOL with "Joy" (Miss AWOL) and after a series of mishaps with her, he is thrown in a guard house while his fellow soldiers go home.
From Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes: A cautionary tale for troops impatient to return home after the November 1918 armistice.
Copyright: no reg.
Duration: 3:05 (part 1) and 2:35 (part 2) at 22 fps.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921 liner notes; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; M/B/RS preliminary catalog card.

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01/01/1919
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Contributors

Bowers, Charles R., 1889-1946, animation.
American Motion Picture Corporation.
AFI/Rhode Island Historical Society Collection (Library of Congress)
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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