The movies begin a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913

Shepard, David. (Added Author). Stewart, Heather. (Added Author). Musser, Charles. (Added Author). British Film Institute. (Added Author). Film Preservation Associates. (Added Author). Kino International Corporation. (Added Author).

Summary: The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of the cinema's formative works. More than crucial historical artifacts, these silent films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
5 videodiscs (416 min.) : sd., b&w, tinted ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)
Publisher: New York, NY : Kino on Video, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	DVD release of the 1994 Kino International Corp. production. "Recreating the dawn of cinema with archival 35mm prints... [includes] 133 complete motion pictures, 1894-1913."--box set container. Individual DVDs include text portion detailing program notes by film historian Charles Musser.
Formatted Contents Note:	v. 1. The Great train robbery and other primary works (75 min.). Includes: series photography, 1880's; Edison shorts, 1894-1897; Auguste & Louis Lumière, 1895-1896; A trip to the moon, 1902; Actualités; Blue movies; The Great train robbery, 1903; The Whole Dam family and the Dam dog, 1905; The Golden beetle, 1907; and Text section with program notes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Produced for video by David Shepard and Heather Stewart ; music compiled and composed by Robert Israel (v. 1 & 5); music composed and performed by Alexander Rannie (v. 4).
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Silent film with music sound track.