The survival of American silent feature films, 1912-1929
By: by David Pierce
Contributors: Council on Library and Information Resources; Library of Congress; National Film Preservation Board (U.S.)
Series: CLIR publication -- no. 158
Publisher: Council on Library and Information Resources and The Library of Congress; Council on Library and Information Resources, and Library of Congress
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9781932326390
Subjects: Motion picture film; Preservation; Silent films; History and criticism; Motion picture film collections; Archival resources
Notes: "Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Film Preservation Board."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James H. Billington; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: The silent film era comes to an end; title: Overview of what has been lost; title: Evolving views of silent cinema; title: The cultural loss; title: The cinematic loss; title: Methodology, definitions, and scope of this study; title: Purpose of this study; title: Definition of an American silent feature film; title: Historical period of study; title: Sources of data; title: Findings; title: Most American silent feature films are lost; title: Not all surviving films are complete; title: Films survive in different formats; title: The preferred edition is the 35mm domestic-release version; title: Many films survive only in small-gauge formats; title: Summary of surviving film elements; title: Source of the surviving copies; title: Studios; title: Independent producers; title: Stars and directors; title: Private collectors; title: Films surviving only in foreign archives; title: Foreign distribution; title: American films recovered from foreign archives; title: Identification and repatriation; title: The likelihood of future discoveries; title: Additional considerations; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Appendix: FIAF Archives reporting holdings of  American silent feature films.