Saved From The Flames: 54 Rare And Restored Films (1896-1944).
Saved From The Flames is 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-...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Flicker Alley,
1944.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016. |
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| Summary: | Saved From The Flames is 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 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 nitrate era. |
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| Item Description: | FilmCollection. Title from title frames. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (396 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 06:36:00 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |