Grass : a nation's battle for life / Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present a Paramount Picture ; Famous Players-Lasky Corp ; recorded for the screen by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with Marguerite Harrison.

A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Milestone collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Authors: Janati-Ataie, G. (Ghollamhosain) (Composer)
Shirzadian, Kavous (Composer)
Vahabzadegan, Amir Ali (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures, Inc
Milestone Film & Video
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Other Authors: Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 (Producer)
Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958 (Producer)
Cooper, Merian C. (Director)
Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979 (Director)
Harrison, Marguerite, 1878-1967 (Director)
Language:No linguistic content
English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent film with English intertitles, music score.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Chatsworth, CA : Milestone Film & Video ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, 1999.
Series:Milestone collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Bakhtiari (Iranian people)
Nomads > Iran > History > 20th century.
Nomads.
Travel.
Middle East > Description and travel.
Iran.
Middle East.
1900 - 1999
History.
Documentary films.
Genre:
History.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Nation's battle for life.
Epic of a lost tribe.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. These three people were the first Westerners to cross the Zardeh Kuh Pass and the first to make this migration with the tribes.
Note:Some credits from container.
Milestone edition originally produced for release in 1991.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1925.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF6 D0005833 VideoDVD
Awards:Named to the National Film Registry (United States) in 1997.
Credits:Recorded for the screen by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack with Marguerite Harrison ; edited and titled by Terry Ramsaye and Richard P. Carver ; Iranian score by Gholam Hosain Janati-Ataie, Kavous Shiradian and Amir Ali Vahabzadegan.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC, Region 0 ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; Dolby digital stereo.