The European pioneers / Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard and Heather Stewart ; program notes by Charles Musser.
Publisher:
Kino on Video,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
"Being forty formative works by Louis Lumière, Walter Haggar, R.W. Paul, George Albert Smith, James A. Williamson, James Bamforth & C."--Container. "All films in this compilation have been made from material preserved by the British Film Institute and National Film Archive (London)"--Container.
Contents:
Lumière: Leaving Jerusalem by Railway, 1896 ; Repas de bébé, 1895 ; Démolition d'un mur, 1895 ; L' arrosseur arrosé, 1895 ; Arrivée des congressistes à Neuville sur Sâone, 1895 ; Arrivée d'un train, 1895 ; Partie d'écarte, 1895 ; Barque sortant du port, 1895 ; Leaving Jerusalem by Railway, 1896 ; Extraordinary cab accident, 1903 ; Pompiers à Lyon, c1896 ; Niagara, 1897 ; Spanish bullfight, 1900 -- R.W. Paul: Rough sea at Dover, 1895 -- R.W. Paul: Come along do! 1898 ; The derby, 1896 ; The countryman and the cinematograph, 1901 ; A chess dispute, 1903 ; Extraordinary cab accident, 1903 ; Mary Jane's mishap, 1903 -- (?) motorist, 1906 -- G.A. Smith: The miller and the sweep, 1898 ; The kiss in the tunnel, 1899 ; Let me dream again, 1900 ; Grandma's reading class, 1900 ; As seen through a telescope, 1900 ; Sick kitten, 1903 ; Mary Jane's mishap, 1903 -- Bamforth and Co.: Rough sea, c1900 -- Haggar and Sons: Desperate poaching affray, 1903 -- Bamforth and Co.: The kiss in the tunnel, 1899 ; Ladies skirts nailed to a fence, c1900 ; The biter bit, 1900 ; Rough sea, c1900 -- Williamson's Kinematograph Co.: interesting story, 1905. big swallow, 1901?) ; Stop thief, 1901 ; Fire! 1901 ; An interesting story, 1905.
Summary:
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.
Series:
The Movies begin ; v. 2
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50778667
Locations:
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.