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Treasures from American film archives [videorecording] : 50 preserved films. Program 3 /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : National Film Preservation Foundation, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 161 min.) : si., sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 p.)ISBN:
  • 061511556X
Other title:
  • 50 preserved films. Program 3
  • Fifty preserved films. Program 3
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The thieving hand (1908, 5 min.) -- White fawn's devotion (1910, 11 min.) -- The Chechahcos / directed by Lewis H. Moomaw (1924, 86 min.) -- From Japanese American communities (1927-32, 7 min.) -- From Rare aviation films (13 min.): The Keystone "Patrician" (1928), The Zeppelin "Hindenburg" (1936) -- We work again / U.S. Works Projects Administration ("Black activities") (1937, 15 min.) -- From La Valse (1951, 6 min.) -- The wall (1962, 10 min.) -- George Dumpson's place (1965, 8 min.)
Production credits:
  • Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne.
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 3 of this 4 part series contains 10 films.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0021 "v. 3" (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050120501

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.

The thieving hand (1908, 5 min.) -- White fawn's devotion (1910, 11 min.) -- The Chechahcos / directed by Lewis H. Moomaw (1924, 86 min.) -- From Japanese American communities (1927-32, 7 min.) -- From Rare aviation films (13 min.): The Keystone "Patrician" (1928), The Zeppelin "Hindenburg" (1936) -- We work again / U.S. Works Projects Administration ("Black activities") (1937, 15 min.) -- From La Valse (1951, 6 min.) -- The wall (1962, 10 min.) -- George Dumpson's place (1965, 8 min.)

Not licensed for classroom use

DVD.

Silent and sound films.

Acq 2002 ; Cintavl

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