Treasures from American film archives : 50 preserved films /
An anthology of films from eighteen American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films and silent movies from the earliest years of motion...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Yiddish Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Most of the films are silent (with piano accompaniment) or in English ; one film is in Yiddish with English subtitles, and another has music with Spanish lyrics. |
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[San Francisco, Calif.] :
National Film Preservation Foundation ;
[2000]
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| Summary: | An anthology of films from eighteen American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films and silent movies from the earliest years of motion pictures (1893-1985). |
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| Item Description: | This DVD set is made possible through Treasures of American Film Archives, a Millenium Project supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pew Charitable Trusts and organized by the National Film Preservation Foundation. The accompanying book contains details about the contents of each disc, including a summary of each film, history and preservation information and bibliographical references (all of which is also available on screen). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (642 min.) : sound, chiefly black and white with some color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (xiii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD ; Dolby digital. |
| Production Credits: | Technical director, Michael Friend ; narrator for "About the Archives", Laurence Fishburne ; piano performed by Martin Marks ; additional music performed by John McKay ... [et al.]. |
| ISBN: | 061511556X (program notes) |