Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
The Man Without a Country
1937
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A short dramatic film with the title The Man Without a Country. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film follows US Army Lt. Philip Nolan (John Litel), who conspires to found a new country west of the Mississippi river and is subsequently discharged from the army and is exiled from the United States.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.105.1ab
