| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 408 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film & culture series
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. WORLD SOUVENIR; 2. "KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN"; 3. THE COUNTER-ARCHIVE OFCINEMATIC MEMORY; 4. "NO MORE WRITTEN ARCHIVES, ONLY FILMS"; 5. THE "ANECDOTAL SIDE OF HISTORY"; 6. SEEING "FOR THE FIRST TIME"; 7. ILLUMINATIONS FROM THE DARKENED "SANCTUARY"; 8. THE AERIAL VIEW; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; FILM & CULTURE. |
| Summary |
From 1908 to 1931, French banker Albert Kahn financed a monumental multimedia archive intended to record the ""surface of the globe as inhabited and developed by Man."" Stored in a world-themed garden on the outskirts of Paris, the Archives de la Planète contained 4,000 stereoscopic plates, 72,000 autochromes, and 183,000 meters of film, composing one of the twentieth century's most impressive attempts to preserve a memory of the world through media. Moving beyond a traditional focus on fiction films screened for theatrical release, this book introduces new perspectives on motion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940.
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Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940. |
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Archives de la Planète.
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Archives de la Planète. |
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Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940. |
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Archives de la Planète. |
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Actualities (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism.
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Actualities (Motion pictures) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Amad, Paula. Counter-archive. New York : Columbia University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010018855 |
| ISBN |
9780231509077 (electronic book) |
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0231509073 (electronic book) |
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9780231135009 |
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9780231135016 |
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