Picturing a metropolis : New York City unveiled.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | New York : Anthology Film Archives : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, ©2005. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound & silent, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Posner, Bruce Charles, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Shepard, David. |
| Other author/creator | Haller, Robert A. |
| Other author/creator | Günther, Winfried. |
| Other author/creator | Anthology Film Archives. |
| Other author/creator | Image Entertainment (Firm) |
| Series | Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 ; Disc 5 Unseen cinema ; Disc 5. ^A766181 |
| Contents | "Early views" -- The Blizzard (1899) / creators unknown -- Lower Broadway (1902) / Robert K. Bonine -- Beginning of a skyscraper (1902) / Robert K. Bonine -- Panorama from Times Building, New York (1905) / Wallace McCutcheon -- Skyscrapers of NYC from North River (1903) / J.B. Smith -- Panorama from Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge (1903) / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer -- "Tricks of the trade" Demolishing and building up the Star Theatre (1901) / Frederick S. Armitage -- Coney Island at night (1905) / Edwin S. Porter -- Interior New York Subway 14th Street to 42nd Street (1905) / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer -- Seeing New York by yacht (1902) / Frederick Armitage & A.E. Weed -- Looney Lens: Split skyscrapers (1924) / Al Brick -- Looney Lens: Tenth Avenue, NYC (1924) / Al Brick -- Scenes from Ford Educational Weekly (1916-24) / creators unknown -- 8th Avenue elevated train at 112th Street -- The trellis : work of sunshine and shade View of Herald Square Station Aerial view of Sixth Ave. train at 28th, 26th, 24th Manhatta (1921) / Charles Sheeler & Paul Strand -- Twenty four Dollar Island (c. 1926) / Robert Flaherty -- Skyscraper symphony (1929) / Robert Florey -- Manhattan medley (1931) / Bonney Powell -- A Bronx morning (1931) / Jay Leyda -- Footnote to fact (1933) / Lewis Jacobs -- "Seeing the world," part one: a visit to New York, N.Y. (1937) / Rudy Burckhardt -- The Pursuit of happiness (1940) / Rudy Burckhardt -- Gold Diggers of 1935 : "Lullaby of Broadway" (1935) / Busby Berkeley -- Autumn fire (1930-33) / Herman Weinberg. |
| Abstract | "The DVD depicts dynamic images of New York City and scenes of New Yorkers among the skyscrapers, streets, and night life of America's greatest city during a half century of progress, while at the same time showing changes in film style and the history of cinema experiments"--http://www.unseen-cinema.com/. |
| Credits | Curated by Bruce Posner, produced for DVD by David Shepard, administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Genre/form | Short films. |
| Genre/form | Experimental films. |
| Genre/form | Silent films. |
| Publisher number | ID0592DSDVD Image Entertainment |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Compact DVDs | PN1995.9.E96 U57 2005 DVD V. 5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |