Saved from the flames : 54 rare and restored films 1896-1944 /
"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay.This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organ...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | Mostly silent with musical accompaniment, or in English or French. |
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[Los Angeles, Calif.] :
Flicker Alley,
[2008]
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| Series: | Blackhawk Films collection.
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| Summary: | "A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay.This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films Collection, rescued during half a century of gathering movies from the nitrat era."--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Short films originally produced from 1896 through 1944. Title from container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (420 min.) : sound and silent, black and white, tinted and color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (15 pages ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD; stereo; region 0; NTSC. |
| ISBN: | 1893967344 9781893967342 |