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The Battle of Pottsburg Bridge
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Kenean Buel

Cast: Guy Coombs [Bartlow], Anna Q. Nilsson [Bartlow’s sweetheart], Miriam Cooper [Jessie Bartlow], George B. Hoyt, Hal Clements, Henry Hallam, Helen Lindroth

Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 5 February 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Historical: Civil War.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: History: USA: American Civil War (1861-1865)

Listing updated: 23 January 2013.

References: Cooper-Dark pp. 30, 56b; Pitts-Hollywood p. 5 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Robert Ellison.