Silent motion pictures with music sound track added. Title from cassette label. The Museum of Modern Art Film Library here assembles many of the very pictures that appeared in first programs in a recreation of the experience of the first audiences ever to watch motion pictures on a screen.
Contents:
V. 1. Employees leaving Lumière factory. Arrival of express at Lyons. Friendly party in the garden of Lumière. Feeding the baby. Boys sailing boats, Tuilleries garden, Paris. The falling wall. Baths at Milan, Italy. French Dragoons. Gondola party. Sack race. Military review. German Hussars jumping fences. Feed the swans. Boiler loading. Le voyage dans le lune / G. Meliès. The Gypsy's warning / G. Meliès. The kingdom of the fairies (1903) / G. Meliès (56 min.) -- v. 2. Whence does he come? Scenes of convict life. A father's honour. Fun after the wedding. The runaway horse. 1906 revolution in Odessa. Down in the deep (color) (60 min.)
Summary:
Volume 1 is a compilation of short films, made by Auguste and Louis Lumière, that were shown at the first public exhibitions of projected motion pictures, along with four other short films directed by Georges Milès. Volume 2 is a collection of short films made by Ferdinand Zecca and Charles Pathé between 1904-1911.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)40626186
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.