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Traffic in Souls
(1913)

Produced surreptitiously at Universal by social-minded filmmakers, this film sought to expose (and/or exploit) the white-slave underground in America.

2008 Flicker Alley edition

Perils of the New Land (1910-1915), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated,
including Traffic in Souls (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with The Italian (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, McQuade of the Traffic Squad (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Call of the City (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Police Force of New York City (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered? DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $39.95.
DVD release date: 15 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This editon has been produced in conjunction with David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates, who has previously released Traffic in Souls in earlier home video formats. Its debut on quality DVD is quite welcome. Traffic in Souls has been transferred from the only known 35mm nitrate material of the original domestic version, and is accompanied by a piano score performed by Philip Carli.

 
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.
 
United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk.
Other EARLY FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
 
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