1 videocassette (128 min.) : silent, black and white and color tints ; 1/4 in.
Reproduction Info:
Digital copy. Iowa City : University of Iowa Marketing and Media Production for the University of Iowa Libraries, 2012. VHS video tape transferred to industry standard DVCAM format, (4:3 standard definition) with Sony DSR-1800 digital videocassette recorder and simultaneously to DVD format with Panasonic DMR-ES25 DVD recorder via Y/C distribution system from a variety of VHS source decks.
Silent films, some with intertitles in Dutch or English.
Contents:
Het leven der Europeanenin Indië / Koloniaal Instituut, Amsterdam (ca. 12 min.). De oase van El-Cantora : een oase vam 90,000 palmboomen / Cinéma Eclair, Paris (ca. 4 min.) -- Types français / Pathé (ca. 2 min.) -- Indo-China (ca. 6 min.) -- Santa-Lucia (ca. 5 min.) -- Visschers uit de Provence (ca. 3 min.) -- Kora-spieler ; Mandolin-spieler-und sänger ; Dambrett-spieler ; Goldschmiede ; Schmiede ; Schuhmacher ; Küche (ca. 3 min.) -- De Hawaïaneilanden in vogelvlucht / H.A.P. Film (ca. 9 miin.) -- Het leven der Europeanenin Indië / Koloniaal Instituut, Amsterdam (ca. 12 min.). Danses espagnoles : impressions cinégraphiques de Germaine Dulac / Isis Films (ca. 8 min.). Theecultuur in West-Java / Koloniaal Institut, Amsterdam (ca. 9 min.) -- Uncle Tom's cabin / Edison Manufacturing Company ; director, Edwin S. Porter, 1903 (ca. 14 min.) -- Time and the film / Multifilm Haarlem (ca. 20 min.) -- Rosalie en haar trouwe meubels (ca. 5 min.) -- Danses espagnoles : impressions cinégraphiques de Germaine Dulac / Isis Films (ca. 8 min.).
Summary:
Silent short motion pictures copied from the Nederlands Film Museum collection. Most are documentaries showing people and places in Asia, Europe and the Middle East; a few are dramas and comedies; one demonstrates the possibilities using slow motion, speeded up and time-lapse photography, and one shows performances by the Spanish dancer Carmencita Garcia.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)829817626
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.