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The European pioneers : a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K236B | Kino on VideoSeries: Movies beginPublication details: New York, NY : Kino on Video, 2002.Description: 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • PN1995 .M61 v.2
Contents:
Louis & Auguste Lumiere: Leaving the factory (1895) -- Baby's meal (1895) -- Demolition of a wall (1895) -- Sprinkler sprinkled (1895) -- Arrival of Congress (1895) -- Arrival of a train (1895) -- Card party (1895) -- Leaving Jerusalem by railway (1896) -- Snowball fight (1896) -- A fire run (Lyons) (c1896) -- Niagara Falls (1897) -- Spanish bullfight (1900). Birt Acres: Rough sea at Dover (1895). R.W. Paul: Come along do! (1898) -- The derby (1900) -- The countryman and the cinematograph (1896) -- A chess dispute (1903) -- Extraordinary cab accident (1903) -- Buy your own cherries (1904) -- The motorist (1906). George Albert Smith: Miller and the sweep (1898) -- Kiss in the tunnel (1899) -- Let me dream again (1900) -- Grandma's reading glass (1900) -- As seen through a telescope (1900) -- Sick kitten (1903) -- Mary Jane's mishap (1903). Sheffield Photographs Co.: Daring daylight burglary (1903). Haggar & sons: Desperate poaching affray (1903). Bamforth & Co.: Kiss in the tunnel (1899) -- Ladies' skirts nailed to a fence (1900) -- Biter bit (1900) -- Rough sea (c1900). Williamson's Kinematograph: Attack on a China mission (1900) -- The big swallow (1901?) -- Stop thief! (1901) -- Fire! (1901) -- An interesting story (1905).
Production credits:
  • Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand ; commentary by Barry Salt ; program notes by Charles Musser.
Summary: The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03444 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050310467
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1694 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050128820

"Being forty formative works by Louis Lumière, Walter Haggar, R.W. Paul, George Albert Smith, James A. Williamson, James Bamforth & C."--Container.

"All films in this compilation have been made from material preserved by the British Film Institute and National Film Archive (London)"--Container.

Louis & Auguste Lumiere: Leaving the factory (1895) -- Baby's meal (1895) -- Demolition of a wall (1895) -- Sprinkler sprinkled (1895) -- Arrival of Congress (1895) -- Arrival of a train (1895) -- Card party (1895) -- Leaving Jerusalem by railway (1896) -- Snowball fight (1896) -- A fire run (Lyons) (c1896) -- Niagara Falls (1897) -- Spanish bullfight (1900). Birt Acres: Rough sea at Dover (1895). R.W. Paul: Come along do! (1898) -- The derby (1900) -- The countryman and the cinematograph (1896) -- A chess dispute (1903) -- Extraordinary cab accident (1903) -- Buy your own cherries (1904) -- The motorist (1906). George Albert Smith: Miller and the sweep (1898) -- Kiss in the tunnel (1899) -- Let me dream again (1900) -- Grandma's reading glass (1900) -- As seen through a telescope (1900) -- Sick kitten (1903) -- Mary Jane's mishap (1903). Sheffield Photographs Co.: Daring daylight burglary (1903). Haggar & sons: Desperate poaching affray (1903). Bamforth & Co.: Kiss in the tunnel (1899) -- Ladies' skirts nailed to a fence (1900) -- Biter bit (1900) -- Rough sea (c1900). Williamson's Kinematograph: Attack on a China mission (1900) -- The big swallow (1901?) -- Stop thief! (1901) -- Fire! (1901) -- An interesting story (1905).

DVD. NTSC.

In English.

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