The life of an American fireman.

Edison : the invention of the movies / the Museum of Modern Art in cooperation with the Library of Congress ; produced by Bret Wood.

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Body shots : early cinema's incarnations / Jonathan Auerbach. by Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Body, movement, space -- Looking in: McKinley at home -- Looking out: visualizing self-consciousness ; Interlude: the vocal gesture: sounding the origins of cinema -- Chasing film narrative -- Windows 1900; or, Life of an American fireman -- The stilled body.…”

Body shots : early cinema's incarnations / Jonathan Auerbach. by Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Body, movement, space -- Looking in: McKinley at home -- Looking out: visualizing self-consciousness ; Interlude: the vocal gesture: sounding the origins of cinema -- Chasing film narrative -- Windows 1900; or, Life of an American fireman -- The stilled body.…”
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Before the Nickelodeon : the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter / Film for Thought presents ; a Charles Musser film ; produced, directed and edited by Charles Musser ; written by Warren D. Leight, Charles Musser ; a New York-Hollywood Feature Film production.

The origins of cinema. early rare film masterpieces.

Table of Contents: “…Elopement on horseback (1898) -- Strange adventures of New York drummer (1899) -- Uncle Josh's nightmare (1900) -- Terrible Teddy, the grizzly king (1901) -- Love by the light of the moon (1901) -- Circular panorama of electric tower, and Panorama of esplanade at night (1901) -- Martyred presidents (1901) -- Uncle Josh at the moving picture show (1902) -- The Twentieth century tramp (1902) -- Fun in a bakery shop (1902) -- Jack and the beanstalk (1902) -- Life of an American fireman (1903) -- Uncle Tom's cabin (1903) -- The gay shoe clerk (1903) -- A romance of the rail (1903) --Rounding up of the "Yeggmen" (1904) -- European rest cure (1904) -- The ex-convict (1904) and The kleptomaniac (1905) -- The Seven ages (1905) -- How Jones lost his roll (1905) -- The whole Dam family and the Dam dog (1905)…”

More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 : 50 films / produced by the National Film Preservation Foundation ; curator, Scott Simmon ; music curator, Martin Marks.

Table of Contents: “…Edison at work in his chemical laboratory -- Life of an American fireman -- Westinghouse works -- Falling leaves -- Hollywood promotional films -- De Forest Phonofilms -- Inklings -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Cockeyed -- Prologue from The Passaic textile strike -- Tramp, tramp, tramp -- Zora Neale Hurston's fieldwork footage -- Trailers for six lost films.…”

Unseen cinema. by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Co.

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Unseen cinema. by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Co.

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Flickers : an illustrated celebration of 100 years of cinema / Gilbert Adair. by Adair, Gilbert

Table of Contents: “…La sortie des usines Lumiere (workers leaving the lumiere factory) -- The kiss -- Fatima's dance -- The battle of Manila bay -- A visit to the spiritualist -- Grandma's reading glass -- The execution of McKinley's assassian -- Le voyage dans la lune (a trip to the moon) -- The life of an American fireman -- The great train robbery -- Rescued by Rover -- La naissance, la vie et la mort du Christ (the birth, life and death of Christ) -- Le Tunnel sous la Manche (the channel tunnel) -- L'Assassinat du duc de guise (the assassination of the duc de guise) -- Gertie the dinosaur -- A tin-type romance -- Max lance la mode (Max sets the fashion) -- Quo vadis? …”