Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, Flash, Full length, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Restored, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A2ZCDS.com
• DVD Release Date: October 3, 2005
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ARGHCS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,073 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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80 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Slapdash presentation of downloaded content - do not buy!, December 25, 2006

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James L. Grosbeck - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Animation - Origins of American Animation (1900-1921) (Two-DVD Set) (DVD)

The Library of Congress "American Memory" website has since 1999 included an exhibit called "Origins of American Animation" featuring films from 1900-1921. This product is no more than the video files from that website, downloaded and carelessly burned to DVD, with ugly template title cards and slightly misplaced chapter marks. This is a 2 disc set for no clear reason - each disc only runs for 45 minutes. There are many other ways in which the presentation is shoddy and tasteless, but the most damning is the misleading and illegal inclusion of Mickey Mouse on the packaging. [...]

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual Animation, May 1, 2006

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Deacon (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Animation - Origins of American Animation (1900-1921) (Two-DVD Set) (DVD)

I ordered this DVD out of simple curiosity. I'd been watching a lot of modern animated films with computer graphics and I wanted to learn a little bit more about what cartoons were like before CGI graphics came into vogue.

I got more than I bargained for. These are pre-Disney era cartoons and as such are not as techonologically advanced as most that you see on television - but, they are very well done for what they are.

You can tell that the animators considered what they were doing "art" so they fill in every section of the screen with something going on - which meant that I was able to watch the DVD several times and see different things each time.

Of course, some of the clips are a bit scratchy, but what the hell, they were made by Thomas Edison and you have to expect some degrdation in film stock over 80 years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of films, November 4, 2010

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Masashi Kimmimoto - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Animation - Origins of American Animation (1900-1921) (Two-DVD Set) (DVD)

This is a great title!

I bought this for a digital animation class, to understand what functions on suggested movement, and the difference of actual movement to persuasion. It was super informative, and actually entertaining. I have seen many of these clips in other examples shown in class, but this was a very good collective. I just ended up giving it to my prof. when I was finished with the class.