| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 157 min.) : silent, sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 pages) |
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United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 |
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optical |
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video file |
| Credits |
Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne. |
| Contents |
The Original movie (1922, 8 min.) -- Early films from the Edison Company (3 min.): Blacksmithing scene (1893), The gay shoe clerk (1903), Three American beauties (1906) -- Princess Nicotine; or, the smoke fairy (1909, 5 min.) -- The Confederate Ironclad (1912, 16 min.) -- Hell's hinges / writer/director, William S. Hart (1916, 64 min.) -- The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, 13 min.) -- From Groucho Marx's home movies (ca. 1933, 2 min.) -- Running around San Francisco for an education (1938, 2 min.) -- From Tevye (1939, 17 min.) -- Cologne: from the diary of Ray and Esther (1939, 14 min.) -- Private Sanfu: "Spies" (1943, 4 min.) -- OffOn (1968, 9 min.). |
| Note |
The accompanying book titled Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives by Scott Simmon, contains details about the contents of each disc, including a summary of each film, history and preservation information and bibliographic references. |
| Summary |
Audiences associate American film with Hollywood studio productions. This anthology however celebrates other types of early films including documentaries, newsreels, avant-garde and independent works, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the earliest years of motion pictures. Program 1 of this 4 part series contains 14 films. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Silent and sound films. |
| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures.
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| Subject |
History. |
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Documentary films -- History.
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Documentary films.
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Short films -- History.
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Short films.
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Snafu, Private (Cartoon character)
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Snafu, Private (Cartoon character) |
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Simmon, Scott.
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Marks, Martin Miller.
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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
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Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946.
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Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
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Simmon, Scott.
Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
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| Added Title |
50 preserved films. Program 1 |
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Fifty preserved films. Program 1 |
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Original movie.
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Early films from the Edison Company.
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Blacksmithing scene.
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Gay shoe clerk.
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Three American beauties.
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Princess Nicotine; or, the smoke fairy.
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Smoke fairy.
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Confederate Ironclad.
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Hell's hinges.
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Fall of the House of Usher.
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Groucho Marx's home movies.
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Running around San Francisco for an education.
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Tevye.
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Cologne: from the diary of Ray and Esther.
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Private Sanfu: "Spies."
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Spies.
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OffOn.
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Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.
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50 treasures from American film archives.
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Fifty treasures from American film archives.
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| ISBN |
061511556X |
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9780615115566 |
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