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

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : National Film Preservation Foundation, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 164 min.) : si., sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 p.)ISBN:
  • 061511556X
Other title:
  • 50 preserved films. Program 2
  • Fifty preserved films. Program 2
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.)
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 2 of this 4 part series contains 14 films.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0021 booklet (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050088667

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.

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.)

Not licensed for classroom use

DVD.

Silent and sound films.

Acq2002 ; Cintavl ; Cinavl

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