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Landmarks of early film [videorecording] / Film Preservation Associates ; produced by David Shepard.

Shepard, David. (Added Author). Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 (Added Author). Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 (Added Author). Lumière, Louis, 1864-1948 (Added Author). Lumière, Auguste, 1862-1954 (Added Author). Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 (Added Author). McCay, Winsor, 1867-1934. (Added Author). Porter, Edwin S. Great train robbery. (Added Author). Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938 Trip to the moon. (Added Author). Blackhawk Films. (Added Author). Image Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Film Preservation Associates. (Added Author).

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. Includes films from Pathe frénes, Vitagraph Co., Biograph Co., and Keystone Film Co. Includes films by Thomas Edison, Louis Lumière, Edwin S. Porter, George Méliès, Charles Pathé, Ferdinand Zecca, Max Linder, D.W. Griffith, and Henry Lehrman.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 DVD-video (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c1997.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	1. Program start ; SERIES PHOTOGRAPH 1877-1885 Hommage to Eadweard Muybridge --2. EDISON KINETOSCOPE FILMS 1894-1896 The Kiss -- 3. Serpentine Dances -- 4. Sandow (The strong man) -- 5. Glenroy Brothers (Comic boxing) -- 6. Cockfight -- 7. The butcher shop -- 8. Feeding the doves -- 9. Seminary girls -- 10. LUMIERE FILMS 1895-1897, Exiting the factory -- 11. Arrival of a train at La Ciotat -- 12. Baby's lunch -- 13. The sprinkler sprinkled -- 14. Dragoons crossing the Saone -- 15. Promenade of ostriches, Paris Botanical Gardens -- 16. Childish quarrel -- 17. Lion, London Zoological Garden -- 18. Demolition of a wall -- 19. Transformation by hats, comic view -- 20. Carmaux: drawing out the coke -- 21. Poultry-yard -- 22. Snowball fight -- 23. Card party -- 24. New York: Broadway at Union Square -- 25. A trip to the moon (1902) -- 26. Actualities 1897-1910, President McKinley at home (1897) -- 27. Pack Train on Chikoot Pass (1898) -- 28. Sky scrapers of New York City from North River (1903) -- 29. San Francisco: aftermath of an earthquake (1906) -- 30. The dog and his various merits (1908) -- 31. Aeroplane flight and wreck (piloted by M. Cody) (1910) -- 32. The great train robbery (1903) -- 33. The whole dam family and the dam dog (1905) -- 34. The golden beetle -- 35. The policemen's little run (1907) -- 36. Troubles of a grasswidower (1908) -- 37. Nero. Or the fall of Rome (1909) -- 38. Winsor McCay and his moving comics (1911) -- 39. The girl and her trust (1912) -- 40. Bangville police (1913)
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby digital mono, stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.