The European pioneers: a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 / Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard and Heather Stewart.
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.
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Kino on Video,
2002.
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| Series: | Movies begin ;
v. 2. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 12 cm |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand ; commentary by Barry Salt ; program notes by Charles Musser. |