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In the Land of the
War Canoes
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Renown still photographer Edward S. Curtis’ surviving motion picture documentary, In the Land of the War Canoes (1914), focuses on the Kwakiutl native American tribe of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island.

The four-reel film was later released in a six-reel version as In the Days of the Head Hunters (1915). — Carl Bennett

2000 Milestone Film & Video edition

In the Land of the War Canoes (1914), black & white, 43 minutes total, not rated.

Milestone Film and Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID9361MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-93612-4.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case, $29.99.
DVD release date: 15 August 2000.
Country of origin: USA

We have not viewed the DVD. This disc apparently features the original 1914 version of the film and is accompanied by a modern recording of Kwakiutl chants and music. The short DVD program is padded with a brief documentary on Edward S. Curtis, The Image Maker and the Indians.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other silent era documentaries available on DVD home video:
America Goes Over (1918)
Chang: A Drama in the Wilderness (1927)
Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life (1925)
Kino-Eye (1924)
Nanook of the North (1922)
South (1919)
World War I Films of the Silent Era (1916-1917)

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