This budget edition has been mastered from a good-to-very-good 16mm reduction print, which is soft in image detail, has its fair share of dust, speckling, print damage, and frame jitters, but has a reasonable grayscale range, and is at least watchable. The video transfer is of a bit lower quality than is commonly available on silent era DVDs. Especially on high-definition equipment, the coarse resolution of the transfer will be readily apparent to most viewers. Regretfully, an Alamo logomark appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture throughout the film.

The presentation features an introduction by author Frank Thompson, and the film is accompanied by a music score performed on synthesizers.

The supplemental material includes the video featurettes, “The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty Lost & Found,” “The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty” and “The Spirit of Independence.”

While not ideal, this so-so DVD is an improvement over its VHS predecessor, an edition produced by Frank Thompson for the Alamo Historical Site.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other silent era WESTERN films available on home video.