General Information

Author/Creator

Shepard, David, director.

Language

English.

Published

United States : Anthology Film Archives

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (152 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002963

Contents/Summary

Summary

Early American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. The DVD depicts dynamic images of New York City and scenes of New Yorkers among the skyscrapers, streets, and night life of America's greatest city during a half century of progress, while at the same time showing changes in film style and the history of cinema experiments. Avant-garde moments pop up in the most unlikely of places including turn-of-the-twentieth-century actualities, commercial and radical newsreels, and Busby Berkeley's "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935. Included are spectacular prints of Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand's Manhatta (1921), Robert Flaherty's Twenty-four-Dollar Island (c. 1926), Robert Florey's Skyscraper Symphony (1929), Jay Leyda's A Bronx Morning (1931), and Rudy Burckhardt's Pursuit of Happiness (1940). 26 FILMS: The Blizzard (1899)—creators unknown Lower Broadway (1902)—Robert K. Bonine Beginning of a Skyscraper (1902)—Robert K. Bonine Panorama from Times Building, New York (1905)—Wallace McCutcheon Skyscrapers of NYC from North River (1903)—J.B. Smith Panorama from Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge (1903)—G.W. "Billy" Bitzer Building Up and Demolishing the Star Theatre (1902)—Frederick Armitage Coney Island at Night (1905)—Edwin S. Porter Interior New York Subway 14th Street to 42nd Street (1905)—G.W. "Billy" Bitzer Seeing New York by Yacht (1902)—Frederick Armitage & A.E. Weed 2 Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers (1924) and Tenth Avenue, NYC (1924)—Al Brick 4 Scenes from Ford Educational Weekly (1916-24)—creators unknown Manhatta (1921)—Charles Sheeler & Paul Strand Twentyfour-Dollar Island (c. 1926)—Robert Flaherty Skyscraper Symphony (1929)—Robert Florey Manhattan Medley (1931)—Bonney Powell A Bronx Morning (1931)—Jay Leyda Footnote to Fact (1933)—Lewis Jacobs Seeing the World (1937)—Rudy Burckhardt Pursuit of Hapiness (1940)—Rudy Burckhardt Gold Diggers of 1935 — "Lullaby of Broadway" (1935)—Busby Berkeley (excerpt) Autumn Fire (1930-33)—Herman Weinberg

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1311	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1311 (HU_OSA_00002963.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format