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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).