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Motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc. NFCA: Use for cinema and bioscope

Found in 717 Collections and/or Records:

Whispering Lions Film, 1925

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.195
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1925

Whispering Lions Film, 1925

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.275
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 175 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring James Parrot and Jolyn Ralston.

Dates: 1925

White's Cinema Poster, 25 December 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.38
Scope and Contents

St. Thomas' Green, Haverfordwest. Special Xmas attractions, Billy Ross & Co., change of pictures three times weekly. Black type on brown background and black border. Printed by T.J. Morris Pembrokshire Herald Offices, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest.

Dates: 25 December 1911

William Thurston's New Electric Palace Poster, c1880 - 1890

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.18
Scope and Contents

Animated photography, Illustrated Songs and Scenas. Red and blue type on off white background and red, blue and white geometric border, in the centre red, blue and white illustration of people watching a projection of a plane flying in a theatre. Printed by Wilsons Printers.

Dates: c1880 - 1890

Williams Family Biographical Material, 1816 - 1938

 File
Reference code: 178B36.1
Scope and Contents

Research material relating to the Williams family including birth, marriage and death certificates and census records.

Dates: 1816 - 1938

Winchester 73, Bear Fishing, The Misfit, Dick Turpin, Hand to Mouth, Tarzan, From Soup to Nuts, Society Sensation, Shorty the Cowboy, and It’s a Gift Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.204
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Universal Pictures. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from a variety of films. Includes; 'Winchester 73' starring Shelley Winters and Dan Dureya. Clyde Cook extract from 'The Misfit'. Victor McGladen as Dick Turpin. Harold Lloyd extract from 'Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as 'Tarzan'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy extract from 'Soup to Nuts' with Anita Garvin. Rudolph Valentino extract from 'Society Sensation'. Shorty the Chip extract from...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Winchester 73, Love Loot and Crash, Gunga Din, and From Hand to Mouth Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.299
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 178 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters and Dan Dure in 'Winchester 73'. Cary Grant in 'Gunga Din'. Harold Lloyd in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Also features Caroline Dell and Hedy Keiser adult scenes.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Winter Gardens & Pier Programme, 26 October 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.125
Scope and Contents

Yellow and black decorative illustration with black and white photographs of sites in Bournemouth on the front cover, inside programme concert programme and commercial advertising including an advert for Wet's Pictures Palace at Shartesbury Hall, 4p.p.

Dates: 26 October 1911

With Love and Hisses Film, 1927

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.242
Scope and Contents

8mm, Dixons. 380 Feet. Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Dates: 1927

With Love and Hisses, The Redskins Attack, Stage Coach, Feast of Ishitar, Destry, and Dog Heaven Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.263
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 300 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in Travelling Companions scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. James Ellison in 'The Redskins Attack'. Tom Mix and Tony in 'Destry'. Pete and Our Gang in 'Dog Heaven'. Also features skeleton dance, King of the Jungle, animal scenes from Kruger Park South Africa, elephants from Chessington Park, Elmo Lincoln with elephant (in...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Wonderland Poster, 29 March 1897

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.31
Scope and Contents

Last week of the Biograph, Hanley, Logan and Hanley, Little Annie Laughine, Meyer Cohen, The McDounough Trio, Harry C. Stanley and Adele Jackson, Gilbert Girard, Waiting for Hubby, Kechum & Stuffem's Sausage Factory, Pussy's Bath, Why Papa Can't Sleep, Drunken Acrobat, 13th Infantry U.S. Army, Caught in the Act, Prodigal's Return, Hard Wash, Empire Express. Black type and black illustration of two men and a woman dancing in the centre on brown background.

Dates: 29 March 1897

World's 1st Movies Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 18: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.171
Scope and Contents

8mm. 200 feet. Black and White, Silent. Combination of early shorts from the 'Collectors Club' series.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour Film, c July 1896

 Item
Reference code: 178D12.7
Scope and Contents

Nitrate film by Birt Acres, showing brief fragments of a film that survives in the Henville Collection in the National Film and Television Archive.

Dates: c July 1896

Young Men’s Christian Association, Sheffield Programme, 19 October 1901

 Item — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178K38.37
Scope and Contents

Programme of the President's 'At Home' Cinematograph by Mr Jasper Redfern. 4pp.

Dates: 19 October 1901

Your Darn Tooting, Slips Don’t Count, Riding the Goat, and Lizzies of the Field Film, 1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.301
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in 'Your Darn Tooting'. Walter Hiers in 'Riding the Goat'. Billy Bevan and Sid Smith in Grab and Tackle extract from 'Lizzies of the Field'. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1920 - 1929

Zoo Gems, Unchased Woman, Dog Heaven, Stagecoach, In Roughest Africa, Misbehaving Husbands, The Stuntman, Be My King, The Perils of Pauline, and Hi Diddle Fiddle Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.230
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Theda Bara in 'Unchased Woman'. Joe Cobb and Pete from 'Dog Heaven'. John Wayne in 'Stagecoach'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'In Roughest Africa'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Lupino and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King'. Man and girl on horse from 'The Perils of Pauline'. Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'. Also features animal footage, including African elephants,...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Zoo Time Gems, The Range Busters, Square Ring, The Holliwood Kid, Chimpanzee’s Tea Party, The Range Busters Trailing Double Trouble, Zoo Gems, Island of Mystery and Swiss Family Robinson Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.200
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from a variety of commercial films. Includes; Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Square Ring extract from 'The Forces Sweetheart' starring Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Freddie Frinton, Hy Hazel and the Television Toppers. Mack Sennett comedy 'The Hollywood Kid' starring Vernon Dent and Charlie Murray. Chimpanzees Tea Party (London Zoo). 'The Range Busters...
Dates: c1907 - 2001