Program 4 [DVD]

Episode number 4 of Series “Treasures from the American Film Archives: 50 preserved films (DVD)”.
For decades archives have worked behind the scenes to save America’s film heritage. Now for the first time, eighteen of the nation’s premier archives join forces to showcase the range of films that survive today thanks to their efforts. Essays about the archives narrated by Laurence Fishburne. Newly recorded musical scores by Martin Marks. This disk contains the following titles: Peepshow Kinetoscopes from 1894 1 min: ‘Luis Martinetti, Contortionist’, ‘Caicedo, King of the Slack Wire’—’Interior New York Subway’ (1905) 5 mins—’The Land Beyond the Sunset’ (1912) 14 mins—’I’m Insured’ (1916) 3 mins—’Snow White’ (1916) 63 mins—From ‘Beautiful Japan’ (1918) 15 mins—From ‘Rural Life in Maine’ (ca. 1930) 12 mins—’The News Parade of 1934’ (1934) 10 mins—’Rose Hobart’ (1936) 19 mins—’The Autobiography of a Jeep’ (1943) 10 mins—From ‘Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert’ (1939) 8 mins. Further Information: http://www.filmpreservation.org/