Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice.

Title from sell sheet. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939. 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Special features: new audio commentary featuring film scholar Joseph McBride; Omnibus: John Ford, part one: director Lindsay Anderson's profile of the life and work of director John Ford before World War II; talk show appearance by actor Henry Fonda from 1975; audio interviews from the seventies with Ford and Fonda, conducted by the filmmaker's grandson Dan Ford; Academy award radio dramatization of the film; an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an homage to Ford by filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.