More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 50 films / [videorecording] :
50 films. Fifty films.
- [San Francisco] : [Chatsworth, CA] : National Film Preservation Foundation ; Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, c2004.
- 3 videodiscs (573 min.) : silent & sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (xx, 186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Originally produced or released in 2004. Run time: approx. 573 min. Accompanying book (208 p.) 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. Special features: six previews for lost features and serials ; newly recorded musical scores ; over 500 interactive screens about the films and music.
Disc 1. Dickson experimental sound film -- Annie Oakley, Buffalo dance, Bucking broncho -- The suburbanite -- The country doctor -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz -- Admiral Cigarette, Flash Cleaner, Buy an electric refrigerator, The stenographer's friend -- The invaders -- The hazards of Helen -- Gretchen the greenhorn -- The breath of a nation -- De-light: making an electric light bulb -- Skyscraper symphony -- Greetings by George Bernard Shaw. Disc 2. What happened on Twenty-Third Street, At the foot of the Flatiron, New York City "ghetto" fish market -- From Leadville to Aspen -- The "Teddy" bears -- Children who labor -- The flute of Krishna -- Surviving reel of Lotus blossom -- Gus Visser and his singing duck -- Clash of the wolves -- International newsreel -- Now you're talking -- There it is -- A Bronx morning. Disc 3. Rip Van Winkle -- Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory -- Life of an American fireman -- Westinghouse works -- Falling leaves -- Hollywood promotional films -- De Forest Phonofilms -- Inklings -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Cockeyed -- Prologue from The Passaic textile strike -- Tramp, tramp, tramp -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage -- Trailers for six lost films.
Program 1: Dickson Experimental Sound Film (ca. 1894) 15 seconds, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1 minutes-- Annie Oakley (1894) Buffalo Dance (1894) Bucking Broncho (1894), The Suburbanite (1904) 9 minutes, The Country Doctor (1909) 14 minutes, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) 13 minutes, Early Advertising Films, 10 minutes-- Admiral Cigarette (1897) Flash Cleaner (ca. 1920) Buy an Electric Refrigerator (1926) The Stenographer's Friend (1910), The Invaders (1912) 41 minutes, The Hazards of Helen: Episode 26 (1915) 14 minutes, Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) 58 minutes, The Breath of a Nation (1919) 6 minutes, De-Light: Making an Electric Light Bulb (1920) 12 minutes, Skyscraper Symphony (1929) 9 minutes, Greeting by George Bernard Shaw (1928) 5 minutes. See booklet for film dates and lengths for Programs 2 and 3.
DVD ; Region 0 ; NTSC ; Dolby digital stereo.
Silent films with musical accompaniment ; some films with spoken English dialogue.