Product Description

Oscar-winning dramatic short film based on the Robert W. Chambers story, Pickets. It is about Civil War soldiers on two sides of a river who decide to call a cease-fire for a few hours -- creating a time out of war. A Time Out of War, the Oscar-winning Civil War short story film produced by Denis and Terry Sanders in 1954, was among 25 films named, December 27, 2006, to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Congress created the Registry in 1989 to preserve films of "cultural, historical and artistic significance." The List now numbers 450.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142977 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-01-01
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 22 minutes

Review
The most powerful argument against war ever filmed. ---London Evening News

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One of the finest 'shorts' ever made... It is about a tiny incident in the American Civil War; a half day's truce between one Southern and two Northern soldiers who are guarding the opposing banks of a river. For taste, for poetic restraint, and as a commentary on the folly of war, it has never been bettered. ---Manchester Guardian

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One of the most imaginative, haunting and satisfying films which have ever been made. ---London Daily Mail