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Film Firsts, Part 2 (1959)

1959 · Short film · 26 min · dir. Paul Killiam

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Synopsis

Film Firsts Part 2 (1959) 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. First animated cartoon (1909); use of life- sized models and miniaturization in horror films; introduction of the “business tycoon'' and social criticism; symbolic freeze of ac- tion; table-top photography; double expo- sure and mirrors for special effects; under- water photography (1917); censorship and sex tragedy (1893 and 1909); first Tarzan movie (1918); unmanned missiles, aerial bombing and tanks from a 1910 war film; Betty Blythe's She; epic fistfight from the original The Spoilers. From the History of the Motion Picture series. See also Film Firsts, Part 1

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Director
Paul Killiam
Running time
26 minutes
Collection
Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Great Instruction for Film History · jz136 · 2019-08-16

After watching both episodes, I decide to review Film First, Part 2. In this episode, same as the first part, it’s all about what happened in Film first time. It introduces many interesting facts about every First Thing in film. As a person who love film and choose to study in film, I am glad to know these knowledges. In this part 2, I really like the beginning part. It is fun for me to know that the first animation character was a dinosaur, also, it is the first dinosaur on the screen. Since Gertie the Dinosaur was created in 1909, the animation is developed for over 100 years. However, I am…

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