Treasures from American Film Archives
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Treasures from American Film Archives: 50 Preserved Films, the NFPF's first DVD set, brings together film preserved by 18 of the nation's premier archives. Spanning from 1893 to 1985, the award-winning four-DVD anthology samples the many kinds of films made by Americans over the last century. Short clips and film notes are available for 12 films.
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| Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art |
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) Preserved by the Library of Congress |
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Preserved by the George Eastman House |
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| One-Room Schoolhouses (ca. 1935) Preserved by the West Virginia State Archives |
Battery Film (1985) Preserved by the New York Public Library |
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| The Chechahcos (1924) Preserved by the Alaska Film Archives |
Japanese American Communities (1927-32) Preserved by the Japanese American National Museum |
The Wall (1962) Preserved by the National Archives and Records Administration |
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| Rural Life in Maine (ca. 1930) Preserved by Northeast Historic Film |
Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939) Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
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