Treasures From American Film Archives : 50 Preserved Films. Program 4

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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.
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.)
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 4 of this 4 part series contains 12 films.
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Contents: Preserved: 50 treasures from American film archives.

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