A brief film that demonstrates how to rotated an animated cube and sphere. The film closes with the words, "La Troisieme Dimension en Cinema" (the third dimension of cinema).
Scientific documentary
Symbiosis and protective systems of decapods
È un film scientifico che nella cornice di visioni di suggestiva bellezza, dei fondi marini, tratta dei sistemi di protezione e delle simbiosi di alcuni decapodi. È il primo film scientifico a passo ridotto che sia stato finora realizzato su questo argomento.
Questo film è stato realizzato nella Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, in tre mesi di assiduo lavoro e con ore ed ore di paziente attesa, subordinata alla capricciosa volontà di questi interessantissimi attori.
This is a scientific film that, within the frame of visions of suggestive beauty, of the depths of the sea, deals with the systems of protection and with the symbiosis of some decapods. It is the first scientific small-gauge film that has been made on this subject until now.
This film was made in the Zoological Station of Naples, in three months of assiduous work and with hours and hours of patient waiting, subordinated to the capricious will of these interesting actors.
—Notizario delle sezioni cinematografiche dei gruppi universitari fascisti a cura del ministero della cultura popolare, September 1938 p. 11
Documentario/Documentary
scientific documentary
""Our Day" is a smart, entertaining day-in-the-life portrait of the Kelly household, shown in both idealized and comic ways. This silent 16mm home movie uses creative editing, lighting and camera techniques comparable to what professionals were doing in Hollywood. His amateur cast was made up of his mother, wife, brother and pet terrier. "Our Day" also contains exceptional images of small-town Southern life, ones that counter the stereotype of impoverished people eking out a living during the Depression. The 12-minute film documents a modern home inhabited by adults with sophisticated interests (the piano, literature, croquet) and simple ones (gardening, knitting, home cooking). Kelly, a newspaperman, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer. He began shooting film in 1929 and continued until the 1950s." Library of Congress (U.S.)
A film that features various scenes and activities during the summer in Norfolk.
"With an eye for the timeless and pictureque, Alec Paull of Colchester filmed these 1930s scenes on his travels by bike around Essex and the Suffolk border. The few cars, bikes and buses appear amongst snow-covered homes and gardens, and leafy country lanes where lambs and ponies graze amongst the spring blossom." (bfi.org.uk)
“Last year, marking the twentieth anniversary of the World War’s end, Mr. Gallet produced Vingt Ans Après, a color film with sound, which depicts activities of the French War Veterans of New York, of which he is a member.” Movie Makers, Jun. 1939, 347.
Total Pages: 299
Amateur Cinema