Film Firsts, Part 1 (1960)

Includes classic silent films and footage of some of film's firsts, including the first cartoon, the first Tarzan, and excerpts from "cliffhanger" serials from 1914-1929.

Survey of ideas, techniques and themes
from the movies' earliest days. Examples of
the first highway chase (1903); “cops and
robbers" theme (1902); semi-documentary
realism; Edison's experiment with talking
pictures (1913); realistic battles (1912) and
authentic historical costuming; a 1909 prop-
aganda film; domestic comedy (1904); the
first western (1903); cowboy heroes; the star
system; first full-length feature (Cleopatra,
1912); science fiction (1902); commercials.
From the History of the Motion Picture se-
ries.


See also Film First, Part 2

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