#36 The History of Film

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

In this lecture, Silverstein discusses the origins of motion pictures. He describes magic lantern projectors, the thaumatrope, the stroboscope, the zoetrope, and other devices. He talks about Étienne-Jules Marey's photographic gun. He talks about film archives and preservation. Silverstein says many people fail to recognize the importance of old film. He lists the major film archives in the world and goes through a list of recommended books about film history. Other topics include film piracy, the book "Shakespeare on Silent Film," Rebel Without a Cause, white telephone films (Telefoni Bianchi), and film aesthetics.



Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151790
Municipal archives id: T4538

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