The Origins of cinema
Subtitle: rare film masterpieces from the Library of Congress.
Contributors: Kartes Video Communication, inc.
Series: Video film classics; Video film classics
Publisher: Kartes Video Communications
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN
Format: Videorecording
Subjects: Silent films.; Short films.
Description: Traces the origins of the cinema from early examples of narrative films from the Edison Company, photographed by Edwin S. Porter, through the work of D.W. Griffith and other independent filmmakers.
Notes: Silent films with music scores and English titles.

Originally issued as motion pictures from 1898 to 1905.

VHS SP mode.

Publisher's no.: TCHS1001-