Treasures From American Film Archives : 50 Preserved Films. Program 1

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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.
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.)
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. Program 1 of this 4 part series contains 14 films.
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Contents: Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.

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