by Simmon, Scott; Marks, Martin Miller; Fishburne, Laurence; Dawley, J. Searle; Cornell, Joseph; Anderson, Marian; National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)
VHS / 2000
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
  • Dawley, J. Searle
  • Cornell, Joseph
  • Anderson, Marian
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.
  • Peepshow kinetoscopes from 1894 (1 min.): Luis Martinetti, contortionist, Caicedo, king of the slack wire -- Interior New York subway (1905, 5 min.) -- The Land beyond the sunset (1912, 14 min.) -- I'm insured (1916, 3 min.) -- Snow White / directed by J. Searle Dawley (1916, 63 min.) -- From Beautiful Japan (1918, 15 min.) -- From Rural life in Maine (ca. 1930, 12 min.) -- News parade of 1934 (10 min.) -- Rose Hobart / directed by Joseph Cornell (1936, 19 min.) -- Autobiography of a Jeep (1943, 10 min.) -- From Marian Anderson: the Lincoln memorial concert (1939, 8 min.)
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne.
Physical description1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) : si., sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (137 p.)

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2000
Author: 
Simmon, ScottMarks, Martin MillerFishburne, LaurenceDawley, J. SearleCornell, JosephAnderson, Marian
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National Film Preservation Foundation
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