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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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Lobster Films (Firm), Flicker Alley (Firm)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Mostly silent with musical accompaniment, or in English or French.
Published: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Flicker Alley, [2008]
Series:Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > History.
Short films > United States.
Short films > France.
Experimental films.
Foreign films.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. New beginnings ; Magical movies ; Seeing the world
  • Disc 2. Laughing like we used to ; Drawings and models ; Grace notes
  • Disc 3. Persuade me ; Tell me a story.