Many silent movies were printed on unstable ... “A film like this provides evidence that film history is still being written.” ...

The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library ...

It was, as all films were then ... reveling in telling stories without any dialogue. While silent animated shorts are still commonplace, feature animation has largely left its silent roots ...

"With silent films, probably 70% of them are gone," Lauro ... "A film like this provides evidence that film history is still being written." ...