| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 160 min.) : silent, sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 pages) |
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optical |
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video file |
| Credits |
Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne. |
| Contents |
Peepshow kinetoscopes from 1894 (1 min.): Luis Martinetti, contortionist, Caicedo, king of the slack wire -- Interior New York subway (1905, 5 min.) -- The Land beyond the sunset (1912, 14 min.) -- I'm insured (1916, 3 min.) -- Snow White / directed by J. Searle Dawley (1916, 63 min.) -- From Beautiful Japan (1918, 15 min.) -- From Rural life in Maine (ca. 1930, 12 min.) -- News parade of 1934 (10 min.) -- Rose Hobart / directed by Joseph Cornell (1936, 19 min.) -- Autobiography of a Jeep (1943, 10 min.) -- From Marian Anderson: the Lincoln memorial concert (1939, 8 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 4 of this 4 part series contains 12 films. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Silent and sound films. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Documentary films -- United States -- History.
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Documentary films. |
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Short films -- United States -- History.
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Short films. |
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Subways -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Subways. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Jeep automobile.
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Jeep automobile. |
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Japan -- Description and travel.
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Japan. |
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Maine -- Description and travel.
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Maine. |
| Genre/Form |
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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Dawley, J. Searle.
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Cornell, Joseph.
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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
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Simmon, Scott.
Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.
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National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
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| Added Title |
50 preserved films. Program 4 |
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Fifty preserved films. Program 4 |
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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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Peepshow kinetoscopes from 1894.
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Luis Martinetti, contortionist.
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Caicedo, king of the slack wire.
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Interior New York subway.
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Land beyond the sunset.
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I'm insured.
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Snow White.
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Beautiful Japan.
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Rural life in Maine.
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News parade of 1934.
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Rose Hobart.
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Autobiography of a Jeep.
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Marian Anderson: the Lincoln memorial concert.
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| ISBN |
061511556X |
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9780615115566 |
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