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The Struggle
Plus Other Rare Shorts
(1913-1924)

Contents: The Struggle (1913), Broncho Billy and the Greaser (1914), Humanity [Naked Hands rerelease version] (1916) and Two Wagons — Both Covered (1924).

This DVD-R collection features Broncho Billy Anderson short westerns, with a Will Rogers parody of The Covered Wagon (1923).

Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition

The Struggle Plus Other Rare Shorts (1913-1924), black & white, 80 minutes total, not rated, including The Struggle (1913), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, Broncho Billy and the Greaser (1914), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Humanity [Naked Hands rerelease version] (1916), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, and Two Wagons — Both Covered (1924), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7390D, UPC 0-89218-73909-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 4 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 25 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA