Edition |
Digitally remastered with newly recorded music. |
Description |
1 DVD (188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (192 pages) |
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United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 |
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polychrome |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD. |
Note |
Accompanying book contains full credits, descriptions of the films, illustrations, and indexes. |
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Films are from five major film archives: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. |
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Part of a boxed set which includes a book called program notes (173 p.) |
Contents |
Kansas saloon smashers / directors, George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter (1901, 1 min.) -- Why Mr. Nation wants a divorce / directors, George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter (1901, 2 min.) -- Trial marriages / producer/director, Francis J. Marion (1907, 12 min.) -- Manhattan trade school for girls / George Eastman House (1911, 16 min.) -- The strong arm squad of the future /Mutual Film Corp. (ca. 1912, 1 min.) -- A lively affair / cast, Mabel Van Buren (ca. 1912, 7 min.) -- A suffragette in spite of himself / director/writer, Bannister Merwin (1912, 8 min.) -- On to Washington (1913, 80 sec.) -- Hazards of Helen: Episode 13: Escape on the fast freight / producer, Paul C. Hurst ; directors, Helen Holmes, Leo Maloney ; writer, Edward Matlack (1915,13 min.) -- Where are my children? / producers/directors, Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley ; writer, Lois Weber (1916, 65 min.) -- Courage of the commonplace / directors, Rollin S. Sturgeon ; writer, William E. Wing (1919, 13 min.) -- Poor Mrs. Jones! / director, Raymond Evans (1926, 46 min.) -- Offers herself as a bride for $10,000 [newsreel] / producer, William Randolph Hearst (1931, 2 min.) |
Summary |
The second program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change. |
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Silent films (with music) or in English. |
Subject |
Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911.
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Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911. |
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Social problems in motion pictures.
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Social problems in motion pictures. |
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Social change in motion pictures.
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Social change in motion pictures. |
Genre/Form |
Motion pictures -- Influence.
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Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- History.
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History. |
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Prohibition -- United States -- History.
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Prohibition. |
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United States. |
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Prohibitionists -- United States -- Drama.
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Prohibitionists. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Drama.
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Women -- Suffrage. |
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Child labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Child labor. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Immigrants. |
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Marriage -- United States -- Drama.
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Marriage. |
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Abortion -- United States -- Drama.
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Abortion. |
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Farm life -- United States -- Drama.
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Farm life. |
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Women heroes -- Drama.
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Women heroes. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
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Chronological Term |
1865-1918 |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
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Chronological Term |
1918-1932 |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Marriage. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Added Author |
Simmon, Scott.
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Marks, Martin Miller.
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Fleming, George S.
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Porter, Edwin S.
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Marion, Frances, 1888-1973.
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Van Buren, Mabel, 1878-1947.
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Merwin, Bannister.
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Hurst, Paul C.
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Holmes, Helen, 1891-1950.
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Maloney, Leo, 1888-1929.
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Matlack, E. W. (Edward W.)
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Weber, Lois, 1879-1939.
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Smalley, Phillips, 1865-1939.
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Sturgeon, Rollin S., 1877-1961.
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Wing, William E., -1947.
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Evans, Raymond.
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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
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George Eastman House.
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Mutual Film Corporation.
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National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
Social issues in American film, 1900-1934. Program 2, New women |
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New women |
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Kansas saloon smashers.
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Why Mr. Nation wants a divorce.
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Trial marriages.
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Manhattan trade school for girls.
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Strong arm squad of the future.
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Lively affair.
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Suffragette in spite of himself.
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On to Washington.
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Hazards of Helen: Episode 13: Escape on the fast freight.
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Escape on the fast freight.
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Where are my children?
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Courage of the commonplace.
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Poor Mrs. Jones!
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Offers herself as a bride for $10,000.
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Music No. |
NATD3827DVD National Film Preservation Foundation |
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