Saved From the Flames: 54 Rare and Restored Films (1896-1944)

3-DISC DVD EDITION Saved From The Flames is a unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films® Collection, rescued during half a century of gathering movies from the nitrate era. This program is based in part upon Retour de Flamme, a screening series from Lobster Films, Paris, produced by Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange, Sylvie Geordiadès, Anne Simon, and upon films from The Blackhawk Films® Collection, selected and organized by David Shepard. FILMS: "New Beginnings": Seven films, including the early cinematic experiments of Lumière, Georges Mendel and others, featuring Cyrano de Bergerac from 1900. "Magica