by Simmon, Scott; Marks, Martin Miller; Fishburne, Laurence; Moomaw, Lewis H; Balanchine, George; Emshwiller, Ed; United States. Work Projects Administration; 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
  • Moomaw, Lewis H
  • Balanchine, George
  • Emshwiller, Ed
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 thieving hand (1908, 5 min.) -- White fawn's devotion (1910, 11 min.) -- The Chechahcos / directed by Lewis H. Moomaw (1924, 86 min.) -- From Japanese American communities (1927-32, 7 min.) -- From Rare aviation films (13 min.): The Keystone "Patrician" (1928), The Zeppelin "Hindenburg" (1936) -- We work again / U.S. Works Projects Administration (1937, 15 min.) -- From La Valse (1951, 6 min.) -- The wall (1962, 10 min.) -- George Dumpson's place / producer, Ed Emshwiller (1965, 8 min.)
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne.
Physical description1 videodisc (ca. 161 min.) : si., sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 p.)

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2000
Author: 
Simmon, ScottMarks, Martin MillerFishburne, LaurenceMoomaw, Lewis HBalanchine, GeorgeEmshwiller, Ed
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National Film Preservation Foundation
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