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The Iron Horse
(1924)

Following the success of The Covered Wagon (1923), which infused new energy into the dime-novel world of the American Western, Fox Film Corporation produced John Ford’s sweeping epic of the transcontinental railroad.

2007 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment edition

The Iron Horse (1924) [domestic and international versions], black & white, 149 minutes (USA version) and 133 minutes (international version), not rated (Canada rated G).

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, no catalog number, UPC 0-24543-48268-0.
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 5.1 surround sound, English language intertitles, optional French and Spanish language subtitles, closed-captions, 28 chapter stops, keep case (single disc) and slimline keep case (boxset), $19.98.
DVD release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This first US edition of John Ford’s epic silent western has been mastered from the best-surviving 35mm materials, and features both the 1924 USA domestic-release version and the shorter 1924 international-export version.

The discs are also available in the Ford at Fox Collection: John Ford’s Silent Epics boxset.

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.

2002 BFI Video Publishing edition

The Iron Horse (1924) [international version], color-toned black & white, 134 minutes, classification PG.

BFI Video Publishing, BFIVD521, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, Region 2, ? 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, £19.99.
DVD release date: 2002.
Country of origin: England

This PAL-format edition was produced for Channel Four Silents presentation on British television by Photoplay Productions and features a music score composed and conducted by John Lanchbery before the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

This Region 2 PAL DVD is now out-of-print.

Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.

Other silent era WESTERN films available on home video.

Other silent era RAILROAD films available on home video.

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