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The Life Story of
David Lloyd George
(1918)
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 Wales Film and Television Archive
2009 DVD edition
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 152 minutes, BBFC Classification U.
Wales Film and Television Archive,
VFD28748, UPC 9-781862-250772.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; and one single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; £18.99.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: Wales •
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This PAL DVD edition features the rare Maurice Elvey biopicture recovered in 1994.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by Neil Brand.
The edition’s supplemental material includes an introduction by Philip Madoc, and interview with Keith Brownlow, and an interview with Neil Brand. A 16-page booklet completes the edition.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918), black & white, 152 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other BRITISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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