Synopsis
LANDMARKS OF EARLY FILM To study where we've been is to better understand where we are, but early film is not of interest only because it illuminates present practices. Beyond considerable historical interest, the material collected here provides immense pleasure on its own terms. These are old films, and they are influential films. But beyond that, the bottom line is that they are wonderful films, rewarding our close attention with great enjoyments. - Excerpts from an essay by Dean W. Duncan Series Photography 1877-1885 1. Homage to Eadweard Muybridge Edison Kinetoscope Films 1894-1896 2. The Kiss 3. Serpentine Dances 4. Sandow (The Strong Man) 5. Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 6. Cockfight 7. The Barber Shop 8. Feeding the Doves 9. Seminary Girls Lumiere Films: 1895-1897 10. Exiting the Factory 11. Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat 12. Baby's Lunch 13. The Sprinkler Sprinkled 14. Dragoons Crossing the Saone 15. Promenade of Ostriches, Paris Botanical Gardens 16. Childish Quarrel 17. Lion, London Zoological Garden 18. Demolition of a Wall 19. Transformation By Hats, Comic View 20. Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke 21. Poultry Yard 22. Snowball Fight 23. Card Party 24. New York: Broadway at Union Square 25. A Trip to the Moon (1902) Actualities 1897-1910 26. President McKinley at Home (1897) 27. Pack Train on Chilkoot Pass (1898) 28. Sky Scrapers of New York City from North River (1903) 29. San Francisco: Aftermath of an Earthquake 30. The Dog and his Various Merits 31. Aeroplane Fight and Wreck Comedies, Dramas and Tricks (1903-1913) 32. The Great Train Robbery (1903)