Film Record: Outpost

Still image from Outpost in Home Movies, Aug. 1950, 318.

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Harry W. Atwood

Languages:

English

Length:

425 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Sound:

With music on wire.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1950 - Honorable Mention
Home Movies 1951 Annual Amateur Contest - Second Award, Scenario Class

Description:

"Startling photography in 8mm. Kodachrome gives Harry W. Atwood's Outpost a dramatic appeal beyond the merits of its rather confused and melodramatic story. Story aside (it's a tale of murder, in which some very critical action is not adequately pointed up), Outpost deals magnificently with some of the most interesting and barren country you are likely to find this side of your nightmares. If his plot developments can become more convincing, Mr. Atwood has an excellent filming future." Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 468.

Resources:

This film is a part of the Harry Atwood Film Collection held by the University of Texas at Austin.

Outpost was "Movie of the Month" in Home Movies for August of 1950. The film receives a feature with a write-up and still images in Home Movies (Aug. 1950, 318).

Subjects:

•      Murder

Genre:

• Crime

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Harry Atwood Film Collection, 1949-1995, The University of Texas at Austin

Screenings:

• Screened by the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club in 1951: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1951: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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