Experimentation and discovery / Kino International ; a production of Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by Heather Stewart ; video production, David Pryce ; program notes by Charles Musser.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Kino on Video, ©2002.
Description1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, black and white & tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
DVD-Video discs.
Silent films--History.
Motion pictures--History.
Motion picture industry--History.
Cinematographers.
Motion picture producers and directors.

Other author/creatorStewart, Heather.
Other author/creatorPryce, David.
Other author/creatorMusser, Charles.
Other author/creatorSalt, Barry.
Other author/creatorJamieson, Charles.
Other author/creatorHepworth, Cecil M., 1874-1953.
Other author/creatorFitzhamon, Lewin.
Other author/creatorCricks, G. H.
Other author/creatorMartin, J. H.
Other author/creatorZecca, Ferdinand, 1864-1947.
Other author/creatorNonguet, Lucien.
Other author/creatorCapellani, Albert, 1870-1931.
Other author/creatorGasnier, Louis J., 1875-1963.
Other author/creatorPathé, Charles, 1863-1957.
Other author/creatorEdison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Other author/creatorMcCutcheon, Wallace.
Other author/creatorPorter, Edwin S.
Other author/creatorMcCay, Winsor.
Other author/creatorKino International Corporation.
Other author/creatorFilm Preservation Associates.
Other author/creatorBritish Film Institute.
Other author/creatorHepworth Manufacturing Co.
Other author/creatorCricks and Martin (Firm)
Other author/creatorKineto Production Co.
Other author/creatorPathé frères (France)
Other author/creatorThomas A. Edison, Inc.
SeriesMovies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 ; 3
Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 ; 3. UNAUTHORIZED
Movies begin ; v. 3. ^A514708
Contents Hepworth Manufacturing Co. ; How it feels to be run over (1900) ; Explosion of a motor car (1900) ; Rescued by Rover / [directed by Lewin Fitzhamon, Cecil M. Hepworth] (1905) ; Other side of the hedge (1905) ; That fatal sneeze (1907) -- Cricks and Martin ; Visit to Peek Frean & Co.'s bisquet works / [G.H. Cricks] (1906) -- Kineto Production Co. ; Day in the life of a coalminer (1910) -- Pathé Frères ; Par le trou de serrure = Peeping Tom / [directed by Ferdinand Zecca] (1901) ; Histoire d'un crime = History of a crime (1901) ; Ali Baba et les quarantes voleurs = Ali Baba and the forty thieves (1905) ; Reve et realite = Dream and reality (1901) -- Revolution en Russie / [directed by Lucien Nonguet] (1905) ; Aladdin ou la lampe merveilleuse = Aladdin or the marvelous lamp / [directed by Albert Capellani] (1906) ; Cheval emballe / [directed by Louis J. Gasnier] (1907) ; Physician of the castle (1908) ; Magic bricks (1908) -- Edison Manufacturing Co. ; Dewar's, it's scotch (1898) ; Gay shoe clerk (1903) ; Dream of a rarebit fiend / [directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter ; written by Winsor McCay] (1906).
Abstract Shows a collection of early motion picture films serving as historical artifacts and revealing the foundation from which styles and stories of the comtemporary cinema would later arise. Features a collection of work by Cecil Hepworth, G.H. Cricks, Pathé Frères, Thomas Edison, Edwin S. Porter and Winsor McCay. Includes the first known advertising film, Dewar's, it's scotch.
General noteOriginally produced in 1994.
General noteDirector credits for individual films from Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com
CreditsMusic by Neil Brand ; DVD design, Bret Wood.
Performer Commentary by Barry Salt ; narrated by Charles Jamieson.
Technical detailsDVD.
Publisher numberK236C Kino on Video

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