Treasures from American film archives  50 preserved films.  Program 2 /  [videorecording] : 
 50 preserved films.  Program 2  Fifty preserved films.  Program 2 

 - San Francisco, Calif. :  National Film Preservation Foundation,  c2000. 
 - 1 videodisc (ca. 164 min.) :  si., sd., b&w, col. ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 book (137 p.) 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>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.) 
<br/><br/> Not licensed for classroom use 
<br/><br/>Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne.  Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><br/>Silent and sound films. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>061511556X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History.--United States<br/>Documentary films--History.--United States<br/>Short films--History.--United States<br/>Negro leagues--History.<br/>Sound motion pictures--History.<br/>San Pietro, Battle of, San Pietro Infine, Italy, 1943<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Italy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West Virginia--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Silent films--United States. <br/>Short films.