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Landmarks of early film [videorecording].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ID4103DSDVD | Blackhawk FilmsSeries: Blackhawk Films collectionPublication details: [S.l.] : Film Preservation Associates ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment [distributor], c1997.Description: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w, tinted ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.A1 L346 1997
Contents:
Series photography (1877-1885) -- Edison kinetoscope films (1894-1896) -- Lumière films (1895-1897) -- A trip to the moon (1902) -- Actualities (1897-1910) -- The great train robbery (1903) -- The whole dam family and the dam dog (1905) -- The golden beetle (1907) -- The policemen's little run (1907) -- Troubles of a grasswidower (1908) -- Nero, or The fall of Rome (1909) -- Winsor McCay and his animated pictures (1911) -- The girl and her trust (1912) -- Bangville police (1913).
Production credits:
  • Producer, David Shepard; music, Robert Israel; narration for A trip to the moon, Georges Méliès, adapted and read by Fabrice Zagury.
Summary: A compilation of the very earliest films from the first projections of moving images to the advent of the feature film, an area of film history often underseen, underappreciated and understudied.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050088527

Videodisc release of silent films originally produced between 1886-1913 with newly realized musical accompaniment.

Essay by Dean W. Duncan printed on container.

Series photography (1877-1885) -- Edison kinetoscope films (1894-1896) -- Lumière films (1895-1897) -- A trip to the moon (1902) -- Actualities (1897-1910) -- The great train robbery (1903) -- The whole dam family and the dam dog (1905) -- The golden beetle (1907) -- The policemen's little run (1907) -- Troubles of a grasswidower (1908) -- Nero, or The fall of Rome (1909) -- Winsor McCay and his animated pictures (1911) -- The girl and her trust (1912) -- Bangville police (1913).

DVD; Dolby digital mono.

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