Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Cloud Patrol
(1929)
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This short aviation drama features Reed Howes and Marjorie Daw.
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
The Flying Fool (1925), black & white, 39 minutes, not rated,
with The Cloud Patrol (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7204D, UPC 0-89218-72049-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 29 October 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other AVIATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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