Description |
1 DVD (approximately 164 min.) : silent, sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 pages) |
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United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 |
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Credits |
Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne. |
Contents |
Paper print copyright deposits (7 min.): Star theatre (1901), Move on (1903), Dog factory (1904) -- The Lonedale operator / directed by D.W. Griffith (1911, 17 min.) -- Her crowning glory (1911, 14 min.) -- The toll of the sea / directed by Chester M. Franklin (1922, 54 min.) -- From Accuracy first (ca. 1928, 5 min.) -- From West Virginia documentaries (9 min.): West Virginia, the state beautiful (1929), One-room schoolhouses (ca. 1935) -- From Early amateur sound film (1936-37, 4 min.) -- Composition 1 (Themis) (1940, 4 min.) -- The Battle of San Pietro / U.S. War Dept. (1945, 33 min.) -- Negro Leagues baseball (1946, 8 min.) -- Battery film (1985, 9 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 2 of this 4 part series contains 14 films. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Language |
Silent and sound films. |
Genre/Form |
Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures.
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Subject |
History. |
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Documentary films -- History.
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Documentary films.
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Short films -- History.
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Short films.
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Negro leagues -- History.
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Negro leagues. |
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Sound motion pictures -- History.
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Sound motion pictures. |
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San Pietro, Battle of, San Pietro Infine, Italy, 1943.
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Battle of San Pietro (San Pietro Infine, Italy : 1943) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
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West Virginia -- Description and travel.
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West Virginia. |
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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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Franklin, Chester M., 1890-1954.
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Simmon, Scott.
Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.
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United States. War Department.
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National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
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Added Title |
50 preserved films. Program 2 |
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Fifty preserved films. Program 2 |
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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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Star theatre.
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Move on.
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Dog factory.
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Lonedale operator.
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Her crowning glory.
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Toll of the sea.
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Accuracy first.
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West Virginia documentaries.
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West Virginia, the state beautiful.
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One-room schoolhouses.
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Early amateur sound film.
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Composition 1 (Themis)
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Battle of San Pietro.
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Negro Leagues baseball.
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Battery film.
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ISBN |
061511556X |
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9780615115566 |
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