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Origins of the Motion Picture = M.F. 11 8634

Item number (ISN):

4341

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1956

Item number (ISN):

4341

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Accession:

1984-0256

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1956

Sponsor:

United States Army
United States Navy

Description:

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A short documentary film which looks at the early achievements that contributed to the development of the motion picture as it is known today. The film briefly discusses the many different technologies used to create a moving image and subsequently project the images so that people would be able to view them. Early motion picture technologies such as the thaumatrope, phenakistiscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope and Thomas Edison's kinetoscope or "peep show" are discussed to establish a historical time line of the medium. Through the use of archival footage the film talks of the importance of moving image footage as a medium for historical documentation and underscores this with footage of United States Marines returning from Cuba after the Spanish - American war, shots of various naval vessels and an army training film for the proper use of a Gatling gun, dated 1897. Also presented is the first copyrighted film and an explanation of how paper prints were used to establish copyright. <20mn 56s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Given the 90-year rule, this title is under copyright until 31 December 2046.

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Vault ISN:

1123

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8507-0188

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

11192

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8602-0055

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8602-0055

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the National Archives and Records Administration is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2046

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: the government of the United States.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with the express written permission of National Archives & Records Administration

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