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More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 : 50 films, produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curated by Scott Simmon ; music curated by Martin Marks, (DVD)
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- Summary
- An anthology of films from American film archives. Includes rare silent-era features, cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and other film types invented during the first four decades of the motion picture. Contains 50 films followed by six previews for lost features and serials. Also contains newly recorded musical scores and over 500 interactive screens about the films and music
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (573 min.)
- Note
-
- Copyright: National Film Preservation Foundation; DCR 2004; PUB 7Sep04; REG 7Sep04; PA1-245-604
- This set was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- DVD playable worldwide
- Accompanying book contains full credits, essays by the curators, over 60 illustrations, and indexes
- 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
- Not viewed
- Sources used: accompanying book; brochure for title in M/B/RS organizations files (National Film Preservation Foundation); National Film Preservation Foundation web site
- Contents
-
- Program 1. Dickson experimental sound film (ca. 1894, 15 sec.) -- Buffalo Bill's wild west (Annie Oakley (1894); Buffalo dance (1894); Bucking broncho (1894)) (1 min.) -- The suburbanite (1904, 9 min.) -- The country doctor (1909, 14 min.) -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910, 13 min.) -- Early advertising films (Admiral Cigarette (1897); Flash Cleaner (ca. 1920); Buy an electric refrigerator (1926); The stenographer's friend (1910) (10 min.) -- The invaders (1912, 41 min.) -- The hazards of Helen. Episode 26 (1915, 14 min.) -- Gretchen the greenhorn (1916, 58 min.) -- The breath of a nation (1919, 6 min.) -- De-light: making an electric light bulb (1920, 12 min.) -- Skyscraper symphony (1929, 9 min.) -- Greetings by George Bernard Shaw (1928, 5 min.)
- Program 2. The streets of New York (What happened on Twenty-Third Street (1901); At the foot of the Flatiron (1903); New York City "ghetto" fish market (1903)) (5 min.) -- From Leadville to Aspen (1906, 8 min.) -- The "Teddy" bears (1907, 13 min.) -- Children who labor (1912, 13 min.) -- Early color films (Concerning $1,000 [excerpt] (1916); Exhibition reel of two color film [excerpt] (ca. 1929); The flute of Krishna (1926)) (12 min.) -- Lotus blossom (surviving reel) (1921, 12 min.) -- Gus Visser and his singing duck (ca. 1925, 90 sec.) -- Clash of the wolves (1925, 74 min.) -- International newsreel (1926, 13 min.) -- Now you're talking (1927, 9 min.) -- There it is (1928, 19 min.) -- A Bronx morning (1931, 11 min.)
- Program 3. Rip Van Winkle (1896, 4 min.) -- Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory (1897, 30 sec.) -- Life of an American fireman (1903, 6 min.) -- Westinghouse works (1904, 6 min.) -- Falling leaves (1912, 12 min.) -- Hollywood promotional films (Hand's up [exhibitor's reel] (1918); C-V news [filming Greed excerpt] (1923); Movie lovers' contest (1926)) (14 min.) -- De Forest phonofilms (A few moments with Eddie Cantor (ca. 1923); President Coolidge, taken on the White House grounds (1924)) (11 min.) -- Inklings (1925, 6 min.) -- Lady Windermere's fan (1925, 89 min.) -- Cockeyed (ca. 1925, 3 min.) -- The Passaic textile strike (prologue) (1926, 18 min.) -- Tramp, tramp, tramp (1926, 4 min.) -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage (1928, 7 min.) -- Trailers for six lost films (In the days of Daniel Boone; The silent flyer; The American Venus; The great Gatsby; Beau Sabreur; The patriot) (1923-1928, 10 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780974709918
- Label
- More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 : 50 films
- Title
- More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931
- Title remainder
- 50 films
- Statement of responsibility
- produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curated by Scott Simmon ; music curated by Martin Marks
- Title variation
- More treasures from American film archives
- Title variation remainder
- 50 films, 1894-1931
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An anthology of films from American film archives. Includes rare silent-era features, cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and other film types invented during the first four decades of the motion picture. Contains 50 films followed by six previews for lost features and serials. Also contains newly recorded musical scores and over 500 interactive screens about the films and music
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Technical direction, Josef Lindner and Michael Pogorzelski; music scores, Martin Marks
- Dewey number
- 791.43/75
- Language note
- Silent films with musical accompaniment ; some films with spoken English dialogue
- LC call number
-
- DVA 5401 (viewing copy)
- PN1995.3.U6
- LC item number
- M6552 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Simmon, Scott
- Marks, Martin Miller
- National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
- Image Entertainment (Firm)
- National Film Preservation Foundation Collection (Library of Congress)
- Runtime
- 573
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Motion pictures
- Technique
- animation and live action
- Label
- More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 : 50 films, produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curated by Scott Simmon ; music curated by Martin Marks, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Copyright: National Film Preservation Foundation; DCR 2004; PUB 7Sep04; REG 7Sep04; PA1-245-604
- This set was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- DVD playable worldwide
- Accompanying book contains full credits, essays by the curators, over 60 illustrations, and indexes
- 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
- Not viewed
- Sources used: accompanying book; brochure for title in M/B/RS organizations files (National Film Preservation Foundation); National Film Preservation Foundation web site
- Accompanying material
- 1 book (xx, 186 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
- Color
- mixed
- Contents
-
- Program 1. Dickson experimental sound film (ca. 1894, 15 sec.) -- Buffalo Bill's wild west (Annie Oakley (1894); Buffalo dance (1894); Bucking broncho (1894)) (1 min.) -- The suburbanite (1904, 9 min.) -- The country doctor (1909, 14 min.) -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910, 13 min.) -- Early advertising films (Admiral Cigarette (1897); Flash Cleaner (ca. 1920); Buy an electric refrigerator (1926); The stenographer's friend (1910) (10 min.) -- The invaders (1912, 41 min.) -- The hazards of Helen. Episode 26 (1915, 14 min.) -- Gretchen the greenhorn (1916, 58 min.) -- The breath of a nation (1919, 6 min.) -- De-light: making an electric light bulb (1920, 12 min.) -- Skyscraper symphony (1929, 9 min.) -- Greetings by George Bernard Shaw (1928, 5 min.)
- Program 2. The streets of New York (What happened on Twenty-Third Street (1901); At the foot of the Flatiron (1903); New York City "ghetto" fish market (1903)) (5 min.) -- From Leadville to Aspen (1906, 8 min.) -- The "Teddy" bears (1907, 13 min.) -- Children who labor (1912, 13 min.) -- Early color films (Concerning $1,000 [excerpt] (1916); Exhibition reel of two color film [excerpt] (ca. 1929); The flute of Krishna (1926)) (12 min.) -- Lotus blossom (surviving reel) (1921, 12 min.) -- Gus Visser and his singing duck (ca. 1925, 90 sec.) -- Clash of the wolves (1925, 74 min.) -- International newsreel (1926, 13 min.) -- Now you're talking (1927, 9 min.) -- There it is (1928, 19 min.) -- A Bronx morning (1931, 11 min.)
- Program 3. Rip Van Winkle (1896, 4 min.) -- Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory (1897, 30 sec.) -- Life of an American fireman (1903, 6 min.) -- Westinghouse works (1904, 6 min.) -- Falling leaves (1912, 12 min.) -- Hollywood promotional films (Hand's up [exhibitor's reel] (1918); C-V news [filming Greed excerpt] (1923); Movie lovers' contest (1926)) (14 min.) -- De Forest phonofilms (A few moments with Eddie Cantor (ca. 1923); President Coolidge, taken on the White House grounds (1924)) (11 min.) -- Inklings (1925, 6 min.) -- Lady Windermere's fan (1925, 89 min.) -- Cockeyed (ca. 1925, 3 min.) -- The Passaic textile strike (prologue) (1926, 18 min.) -- Tramp, tramp, tramp (1926, 4 min.) -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage (1928, 7 min.) -- Trailers for six lost films (In the days of Daniel Boone; The silent flyer; The American Venus; The great Gatsby; Beau Sabreur; The patriot) (1923-1928, 10 min.)
- Control code
- ocm56937984
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (573 min.)
- Immediate source of acquisition
- National Film Preservation Foundation.
- Isbn
- 9780974709918
- Lccn
- 2004640022
- Legal deposit
- PA1-245-604
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 014381227123
- Other physical details
- sd., b&w and col.
- Publisher number
- NATD2271DVD
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- IMGNATD2271D
- (OCoLC)56937984
- System details
- DVD; Dolby digital stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 : 50 films, produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curated by Scott Simmon ; music curated by Martin Marks, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Copyright: National Film Preservation Foundation; DCR 2004; PUB 7Sep04; REG 7Sep04; PA1-245-604
- This set was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- DVD playable worldwide
- Accompanying book contains full credits, essays by the curators, over 60 illustrations, and indexes
- 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
- Not viewed
- Sources used: accompanying book; brochure for title in M/B/RS organizations files (National Film Preservation Foundation); National Film Preservation Foundation web site
- Accompanying material
- 1 book (xx, 186 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
- Color
- mixed
- Contents
-
- Program 1. Dickson experimental sound film (ca. 1894, 15 sec.) -- Buffalo Bill's wild west (Annie Oakley (1894); Buffalo dance (1894); Bucking broncho (1894)) (1 min.) -- The suburbanite (1904, 9 min.) -- The country doctor (1909, 14 min.) -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910, 13 min.) -- Early advertising films (Admiral Cigarette (1897); Flash Cleaner (ca. 1920); Buy an electric refrigerator (1926); The stenographer's friend (1910) (10 min.) -- The invaders (1912, 41 min.) -- The hazards of Helen. Episode 26 (1915, 14 min.) -- Gretchen the greenhorn (1916, 58 min.) -- The breath of a nation (1919, 6 min.) -- De-light: making an electric light bulb (1920, 12 min.) -- Skyscraper symphony (1929, 9 min.) -- Greetings by George Bernard Shaw (1928, 5 min.)
- Program 2. The streets of New York (What happened on Twenty-Third Street (1901); At the foot of the Flatiron (1903); New York City "ghetto" fish market (1903)) (5 min.) -- From Leadville to Aspen (1906, 8 min.) -- The "Teddy" bears (1907, 13 min.) -- Children who labor (1912, 13 min.) -- Early color films (Concerning $1,000 [excerpt] (1916); Exhibition reel of two color film [excerpt] (ca. 1929); The flute of Krishna (1926)) (12 min.) -- Lotus blossom (surviving reel) (1921, 12 min.) -- Gus Visser and his singing duck (ca. 1925, 90 sec.) -- Clash of the wolves (1925, 74 min.) -- International newsreel (1926, 13 min.) -- Now you're talking (1927, 9 min.) -- There it is (1928, 19 min.) -- A Bronx morning (1931, 11 min.)
- Program 3. Rip Van Winkle (1896, 4 min.) -- Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory (1897, 30 sec.) -- Life of an American fireman (1903, 6 min.) -- Westinghouse works (1904, 6 min.) -- Falling leaves (1912, 12 min.) -- Hollywood promotional films (Hand's up [exhibitor's reel] (1918); C-V news [filming Greed excerpt] (1923); Movie lovers' contest (1926)) (14 min.) -- De Forest phonofilms (A few moments with Eddie Cantor (ca. 1923); President Coolidge, taken on the White House grounds (1924)) (11 min.) -- Inklings (1925, 6 min.) -- Lady Windermere's fan (1925, 89 min.) -- Cockeyed (ca. 1925, 3 min.) -- The Passaic textile strike (prologue) (1926, 18 min.) -- Tramp, tramp, tramp (1926, 4 min.) -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage (1928, 7 min.) -- Trailers for six lost films (In the days of Daniel Boone; The silent flyer; The American Venus; The great Gatsby; Beau Sabreur; The patriot) (1923-1928, 10 min.)
- Control code
- ocm56937984
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (573 min.)
- Immediate source of acquisition
- National Film Preservation Foundation.
- Isbn
- 9780974709918
- Lccn
- 2004640022
- Legal deposit
- PA1-245-604
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 014381227123
- Other physical details
- sd., b&w and col.
- Publisher number
- NATD2271DVD
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- IMGNATD2271D
- (OCoLC)56937984
- System details
- DVD; Dolby digital stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
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