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Digitally remastered with newly recorded music. |
Description |
1 DVD (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (192 pages) |
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United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
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 |
The black hand / producer, Francis J. Marion ; director, Wallace McCutcheon (1906, 11 min.) -- How they rob men in Chicago / producer/director, Wallace McCutcheon (1900, 25 sec.) -- The voice of the violin / director, D.W. Griffith (1909, 16 min.) -- The usurer's grip / director, Bannister Merwin ; writers, Theodora Huntington, Arthur H. Ham (1912, 15 min.) -- From the submerged / director/writer, Theodore Wharton (1912, 11 min.) -- Hope: a Red Cross seal story / director, Charles J. Brabin ; writer, James Oppenheim (1912, 14 min.) -- The cost of carelessness / writer, Eugene C. Clarke (1913, 13 min.) -- Lights and shadows in a city of a million / produced by the Ford Motor Company (1920, 7 min.) -- 6,000,000 American children ... are not in school / producer, Lewis J. Selznick (1922, 2 min.) -- The soul of youth / director, William Desmond Taylor ; writer, Julia Crawford Ivers (1920, 80 min.) -- Excerpts from: Saved by the Juvenile Court / writer, George Creel (1919, 4 min.) -- A call for help from Sing Sing! / producer, William Randolph Hearst (1934, 3 min.) |
Summary |
The first 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. |
Language |
Silent films (with music) or in English. |
Subject |
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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Subject |
History. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Immigrants. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Children. |
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Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Drama.
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Juvenile delinquents. |
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School attendance -- United States -- Drama.
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School attendance. |
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Mafia -- United States -- Drama.
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Mafia. |
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Usury -- United States -- Drama.
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Usury. |
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Traffic accidents -- United States -- Drama.
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Traffic accidents. |
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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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Children. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Added Author |
Simmon, Scott.
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Marks, Martin Miller.
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Marion, Frances, 1888-1973.
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McCutcheon, Wallace.
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Merwin, Bannister.
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Huntington, Theodora.
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Ham, Arthur H. (Arthur Harold), 1882-1951.
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Wharton, Theodore.
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Brabin, Charles J., 1883-1957.
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Oppenheim, James, 1882-1932.
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Clarke, Eugene C.
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Selznick, Lewis J.
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Taylor, William Desmond, 1877-1922.
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Ivers, Julia Crawford.
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Creel, George, 1876-1953.
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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
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Ford Motor Company.
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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 1, The city reformed |
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City reformed |
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Black hand.
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How they rob men in Chicago.
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Voice of the violin.
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Usurer's grip.
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From the submerged.
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Hope: a Red Cross seal story.
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Cost of carelessness.
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Lights and shadows in a city of a million.
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6,000,000 American children ... are not in school.
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Soul of youth.
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Saved by the Juvenile Court [Excerpts].
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Call for help from Sing Sing!
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Music No. |
NATD3827DVD National Film Preservation Foundation |
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