Episode of Series “History of the Motion Picture”.
This film spotlights the remarkable achievements of a quartet of great film pioneers, Edwin S.Porter, Georges Melies, Thomas H.Ince, and D.W.Griffith, who in a few years prior to 1914 brought imagination, drama, technical innovations and photographic trickery to the screen. Illustrated by excerpts from the films.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003661
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture authorship
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Appreciation
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Experimental
History → History
Short films
Short films → Short films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)