by Simmon, Scott; Marks, Martin Miller; Fishburne, Laurence; Hart, William S; Marx, Groucho; Thomas A. Edison, Inc; National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
VHS / 2000

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TitleTreasures from American film archives 50 preserved films
Item typeVHS
Alternate title
  • Fifty preserved films
  • 50 preserved films
Author(s)
  • Simmon, Scott
  • Marks, Martin Miller
  • Fishburne, Laurence
  • Hart, William S
  • Marx, Groucho
ImprintSan Francisco, Calif. National Film Preservation Foundation, 2000
ISBN061511556X
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • 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.
  • "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." -- Text.
  • The Original movie (1922, 8 min.) -- Early films from the Edison Company (3 min.): Blacksmithing scene (1893), The gay shoe clerk (1903), Three American beauties (1906) -- Princess Nicotine; or, the smoke fairy (1909, 5 min.) -- The Confederate Ironclad (1912, 16 min.) -- Hell's hinges / writer/director, William S. Hart (1916, 64 min.) -- The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, 13 min.) -- From Groucho Marx's home movies (ca. 1933, 2 min.) -- Running around San Francisco for an education (1938, 2 min.) -- From Tevye (1939, 17 min.) -- Cologne: from the diary of Ray and Esther (1939, 14 min.) -- Private Sanfu: "Spies" (1943, 4 min.) -- OffOn (1968, 9 min.)
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne.
Physical description1 videodisc (ca. 157 min.) : si., sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 p.)

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2000
Author: 
Simmon, ScottMarks, Martin MillerFishburne, LaurenceHart, William SMarx, Groucho
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National Film Preservation Foundation
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