A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The World at Columbus
Also known as [The World of Columbus]
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: (unknown)

Produced by D.W. Griffith. Marine director, Hertzel Effensachs (Herzl Effensachs). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A documentary of the 1919 Methodist Centenary Pageant, produced for the Methodist Church. The film was dedicated to Griffith’s mother who had passed away in December 1915.

Documentary.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 May 2020.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 61 : Website-IMDb.