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Praha
Narodni Filmovy Archiv
On the occasion of the celebration of the Centenary of the Cinema, the National
Film Archive, Prague, Czech Republic, has published the publication Czech
Feature Film I 1898-1930. The book comprises filmographies
of all films which were made in this period, their content, list of film
materials which have survived, the condition of their preservation, list
of photographs, posters and promotional material of these films, archival
sources (scripts, reports from the censors, etc.) and bibliographies of
all films. The photographs from the films and indexes are included: index
of film titles, index of film titles in English translation, index of films
in chronological order, index of names, index of producers, index of distributors,
index of locations. This last index is very interesting from the point of
view of the general history.
The book, which has 285 pages, is written in Czech and English. Price of
the book is 50 US$ plus 15 US$ postal charges (Europe only) or 25 US$ (other
continents).