Title The movies begin : a five part series / Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard and Heather Stewart.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Kino on Video, [1994]
	©1994

Item Status

Description	5 videocasettes (414 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; c1994
Physical Medium	1/2 in.
	polychrome
Description	analog
	magnetic
	VHS
System Details	VHS.
Note	Container subtitle: A treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914.
Credits	Music compiled and composed by Robert Israel (v. 1 & 5) ; music composed and performed by Alexander Rannie (v. 4) ; piano accompaniment by Barry Salt (v. 2) ; enclosed annotations by Charles Musser.
Note	Individual container inserts included with each cassette.
Summary	The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of 122 complete films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.
Contents	v. 1. The great train robbery and other primary works (75 min.) -- v. 2. The European pioneers (58 min.) -- v. 3. Experimentation and discovery (93 min.) -- v. 4. The magic of Méliès (103 min.) -- v. 5. Comedy, spectacle, and new horizons (85 min.)
Subject	Silent films -- History and criticism.
	Silent films.
	Motion picture film collections.
	Motion picture film collections.
	Motion pictures -- History.
	Motion pictures.
	History.
	Motion picture industry -- History.
	Motion picture industry.
Genre/Form	Videocassettes.
	Video recordings.
	Video recordings.
Added Author	Shepard, David.
	Stewart, Heather.
	Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938.
	Kino International Corporation.
	Film Preservation Associates.
	British Film Institute.