- Directed by
- Wilbur, Crane, American, 1886 - 1973
- Subject of
- Litel, John, American, 1892 - 1972
- Holden, Gloria, 1903 - 1991
- Osborne, Ted, American, 1905 - 1987
- Brian, Donald, 1877 - 1948
- Herbert, Holmes, British, 1882 - 1956
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 25 Minutes
- Length (Film): 900 Feet
- Caption
- This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
- Description
- 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.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Topic
- American West
- Film
- Military
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.105.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




