The origins of film / The Library of Congress ; Smithsonian Video.
A collection of early feature and short films held by the Library of Congress's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division that illustrate the history of film from 1900-1926.
Uniform Title: | Library of Congress video collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Language: | No linguistic content English |
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Chiefly silent films with English intertitles, one film in English. |
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New York, N.Y. : Chatsworth, CA :
Unapix Entertainment ; Distributed by Image Entertainment,
[2001], ©2001.
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Series: | Library of Congress video collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (564 min.) : sound, black and white (some color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. in box 20 x 14 x 5 cm + 1 guide (12 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm). |
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Origins of film (1900-1926) |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Disc 1. The African American cinema I. Oscar Micheaux's Within our gates (1919) (ca. 78 min.) ; The African American cinema II. The scar of shame (1926) with early sound short Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake (1923) (ca. 79 min.)
- disc 2. Origins of American animation : 21 complete classics (1900-1921) : Krazy Kat, Bobby Bumps and more (ca. 83 min.) ; Origins of the fantasy feature ; The patchwork girl of Oz (1914) ; and, A Florida enchantment (1914) (ca. 130 min.)
- disc 3. America's first women film makers : Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber (ca. 112 min.) ; Origins of the gangster film. D.W. Griffith's The narrow road (1912) ; and, Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) (ca. 82 min.).