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## HEADING: 1300B! ## LEFT COLUMN The Dirigible Los Angeles - USA, 1924, 18:24 Germany was forbidden to build dirigibles after World War I, but the Zeppelin Company was allowed to make one for the U.S. Navy as partial war reparation. Filled with hydrogen and manned by a German crew, the ZR-3, later renamed Los Angeles, flew 5,000 miles in 82.5 hours to Lakehurst, New Jersey in October, 1924. During its life, it logged 4,398 hours and 331 successful flights. Still in good flying condition, the Los Angeles was decommissioned and scrapped in October 1939, after the longest career of any rigid airship. This lovely film was copied by Blackhawk from an original nitrate print, but has not previously been rereleased in any format. Music by Eric Beheim. In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (stencil-colored) - Aurelio Rossi, 1925, 8:33 In the Land of Giants and Pygmies, a diary of Aurelio Rossi's 1925 trek into the immense Belgian Congo, preserves a long-gone Colonial-era wonder at natural resources, "primitive" tribes, customs and costumes in Europe's vast African possessions, and implies that the "dark continent" could benefit from the "civilizing" influences of home. This edition was restored from two stencil-colored 35mm prints. A few shots come from a print in the René Charles Collection (now in the collection of the region of Charente), but most of it was copied from a vintage safety film print found in a camera store in Lyon. The English titles are translations, re-created in the original typography. Music by Eric le Guen. Technicolor Fashion Parade - Fashion Features, Inc., USA, 1927, 5:53 These two-color Technicolor fashion shots were copied from nitrate film many years ago, without the benefit of later techniques that minimize blemishes. Even heavily abraded, they're of interest as a portrait of couture in 1927, as a document of color cinematography when the process was still novel, and because many of the models were successful Hollywood actresses. The film was found and copied by Murray Glass, one of the best American friends of early cinema. Music by Frederick Hodges. Charles A. Lindbergh, Hero of the Air - Fox-Case Movietone, USA, 1927, 11:50 On May 20-21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh flew alone, non-stop from New York to Paris, in a single-engine plane without parachute or radio. With this feat, Lindbergh became perhaps the greatest hero of the decade. Fox Movietone's sound film record of Lindbergh's take-off was the first popular sensation of sound film; it was soon augmented by coverage of his welcome in Washington on June 11th. The original negative, misfiled in a vault at the old Fox studios on Tenth Avenue in New York City, was found in 1973 by David Shepard. With permission from 20th Century-Fox, we donated the negative to the National Archives after printing the 35mm fine grain master used for this transfer. The Fireman of the Folies-Bergère - (With Josephine Baker) - France, 1928, 7:38 The Fireman of the Folies Bergère is strangely undocumented, but was probably made to promote Josephine Baker's wild revue "Vents de Folies" in 1927-1928 at Paris' celebrated music hall after her 1925 triumph in the Negro revue at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The Folies emphasized fine costumes, dancers, stage effects—and naked women. "Ah, the naked women," said manager Paul Derval, if I ever tried to get rid of them, I might as well close the place down." This film was restored from two very incomplete prints, found ten years apart. It took more time to identify the film, make heads and tails of the many bits and pieces, and match the two elements, than to find the film. This version is still slightly incomplete; the first title, although not genuine, was added for clarity. Music by Eric le Guen. Meet Me Down at Coney Isle - Fox Magic Carpet of Movietone, USA, 1932, 8:13 After the success of Walter Ruttman's city symphony Berlin, produced by Fox in 1927, the studio launched a series of short subjects with location shooting by Fox Movietone news crews, depicting days in the life of various cities, with music and sound effects. Welcome to New York's Coney Island in 1932! Reproduced by Blackhawk from an original nitrate print, the music, uncredited, is by Louis de Francesco. In the Orient - Tony Sarg's Marionettes, Columbia, USA, 1928, 9:52 In the Orient (1929) preserves a performance by Tony Sarg (1880-1942), father of modern puppetry in North America. In the 1920s and 1930s, Sarg's troupe toured with such productions as "Treasure Island" and "Alice in Won- derland." more than three million people saw his shows at the Chicago World's Fair. He also designed films and designed ## RIGHT COLUMN PROGRAM THREE - PERSUADE ME California Election News #2 - USA, 1934, 6:52 The notorious fake California Election News was secretly produced by MGM in 1934 for the film industry's campaign against Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle and many other works. Sinclair's EPIC (End Poverty in California) was running a landslide Democratic nomination for governor. Terrified reformers running the state, Republicans organized campaigns. The people in these "candid" interviews needed to frighten voters into selecting any candidate who would oppose him. GM, The Lion's Share, stated that these films had agreed they survived. However, perfect nitrate prints of the papers of Governor Merriam at the Bancroft and we were allowed to copy them in return for 35mm prints. Virginia Week-End Tobacco, France, 1938, 2:17 (Jacques Tati) - LEVITAN and Co., France, 1935, 1:31 (with Michel Simon) - Caporal, France, 1935, 2:08 films from 1935-38 present Fernandel, Jacques Tati and an important French film star, in screen advertisements in commercial cinemas. Film ads in Europe predated the several decades. shown in theatres as the Lobster, we used to pile where they were found. But catch them all, and found Hardy), MGM, France, 1936, 8:30 ed elaborate books, trailer reels, releases to exhibitors. This one for and into French); it also announces received old film to be films without cans, he prints for the equivalent of his country house, where adson. This group consisted French and German films complete 35mm print of the 1927 September, 2007, we discovered many! Co., Jam Handy, USA, 1936, 31:48 machine age, an almost- Chevrolet plant in Flint, stockholders meeting, it was worked for more prosaic uses. scued by Rick Prelinger from the Jam Handy Organization; ded in the National Film Registry. Philips Radio, Holland, 1938, 4:57 for Philips Radio in Holland is Pal. In the process Pal called interchangeable wooden parts s of work to this five-minute Yankee Doodle - Soundies Dist. Corp., USA, 1942, 2:54 The Riveter - Soundies Dist. Corp., USA, USA, 1943, 2:38 Arabella - Soundies Dist. Corp., USA, USA, 1942, 2:38 videos, the next three films were made during World War jukebox devices found in restaurants, bars, and train glass screens, they projected 16mm films of artists tunes. These examples, although not in perfect condition, era. William Frawley was a vaudevillian and musicals before he played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. Yankee Doodle for a preposterous amount of money; the about it and sent us the other two as a gift, along with PROGRAM TWO - LAUGHING LIKE WE USED TO The Dancing Pig - Pathé Frères, France, 1907, 2:24 Silent films owe a great deal to the vaudeville tradition; its short, unrelated stage acts were not only a nearly inexhaustible source for early film content, but also a programming model for nickelodeon theaters. The Dancing Pig was a mind-boggling music hall routine filmed several times for different companies - here, for Pathé Frères in 1907. The Monkey Race - Italia Film, Italy, 1909, 4:03 The Monkey Race (1909), Italian-made, is typical of hundreds of chase films produced in America, France and Italy between about 1904 and 1910, mostly for fairgrounds and vaudeville. They greatly influenced Mack Sennett's Keystone and other comedies, until Charlie Chaplin asked "must every film end with a chase?" Ringling Bros. circus featured a Polish monkey-imper- sonator well into the 1960s. I Fetch the Bread - Pathé Frères, France, 1907, 5:10 Arriving dinner guests find somewhat improbably that the hostess has forgotten the bread; a quick visit to the bakery motivates this accumulation of comic incident, a variation on the chase film formula. I Fetch the Bread was filmed in the empty streets of Paris by Pathé Frères in 1907. Original 35mm prints of this film were found both in the USA and in France Arthème Swallows his Clarinet - Eclipse, France, 1912, 3:54 Arthème Swallows His Clarinet was produced in 1912 by France's short-lived Eclipse Company. Few Eclipse films survive; when this delightful comedy was found, the print was decomposed along the edges and the end had melted away. Ten years later, another print miraculously surfaced, free of rot but very choppy. This edition is digitally reconstructed from both, almost frame by frame. Music by Eric Beheim. Kid's Auto Race - (with Charles Chaplin) - Keystone Film Co., USA, 1914, 6:20 Mack Sennett produced Kid's Auto Race (January, 1914), Charles Chaplin's second film and the first in which he wore his signature "tramp" costume, although the "little fellows" character attributes had yet to appear. The Pest - (with Stan Laurel) - Amalgamated Prod. Co. USA, 1922, 22:26 Stan Laurel was in films for a decade as actor and director before teaming with Oliver Hardy in 1927; until then, Laurel was a comedian without a character, but with a mastery of rapid-fire gags. The Pest was produced and directed in 1922 by G. M. Anderson, a film pioneer since 1903, who as "Broncho Billy" from 1909-1916 was the first important star of westerns, which he also directed. Lizzies of the Field - Mack Sennett, USA, 1924, 14:04 Ten years after Chaplin's debut, Sennett produced Lizzies of the Field (1924). Sennett considered Del Lord, director of this manic gag fest, "the best" at the frantic, freewheeling style his studio was known for. The cli- mactic road race was done full size as you see it - no models, cheats or short cuts. PROGRAM TWO - DRAWINGS AND MODELS Fantasmagorie - Emile Cohl, Gaumont, France, 1908, 1:30 Using the technique of stop-motion photography pioneered in America by J. Stuart Blackton, Emile Cohl of France drew Fantasmagorie for the Gaumont Company in 1908. Arguably the first and certainly the most sophisticated cartoon until that time, its stream-of-conscious narrative remains impres- sive after a century. The vintage 16mm source print acquired from Francis Doublier seems to be the sole surviving full-frame original copy of this important film, and after our transfer, Gaumont used it for a frame-by-frame scan and restoration to 35mm. Music by Frederick Hodges. Cartoon Factory - Fleischer Studios, USA, 1924, 7:30 In 1919, Ko-Ko the Clown first emerged from the inkwell to grapple with his creator, Max Fleischer. Combining live action with animation, this highly imaginative series of 130 films inspired Walt Disney's Alice comedies, among others. This film was found in the same collection as the French original print of I Fetch the Bread. A silent film of 1924, Cartoon Factory is seen here in a reissue version; the added sound has been digitally restored with the latest techniques.