Splendid news of two new databases, courtesy of the H-Film folks. Like, Oprah should be introducing this news at top holler.
There the Media History Digital Library, which is HUGE! How huge? Peep this collection:
Extensive Runs:
▽ Business Screen (1938-1973)
▽ The Film Daily (1918-1936)
▽ Description
This leading industry publication, published out of New York, documents the rise of the Hollywood studios and transition to sound. The Film Daily includes feature reviews, news stories, and advertisements, but its extensive coverage of short films distinguishes it from other trade papers of the period. Scanned from the collection of Karl Thiede. Funded by David Sorochty and an anonymous donation in memory of Carolyn Hauer.
▽ International Photographer (1929-1941)
▽ Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)
▽ Description
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE) documents the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Digitized by the Prelinger Library.
▽ Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (1950-1954)
▽ Description
The SMPE added television in 1950, and the journal documented the introduction of technological marvels – Cinerama, 3-D and CinemaScope in theaters, and color television. Digitized by the Prelinger Library.
▽ The Educational Screen (1922-1962)
▽ Moving Picture World (1912-1918)
▽ Description
Moving Picture World was one of the most influential trade papers of the early motion picture industry and the period film historians call cinema’s “transitional era” (lasting roughly from 1908 to 1917). During this era and inside the paper, you can watch the transition from short film programs to feature films and witness the transition from the dominance of Edison’s Trust to the rise of the “Independent” film companies that ultimately became the Hollywood studios. Scanned from the collections of Eileen Bowser and Robert S. Birchard. Funded by Richard Scheckman and an Anonymous donation in memory of Carolyn Hauer.
▽ 1916
Jan-Mar 1916. Vol 27 | Read | Download | IA Page
Apr-Jun 1916. Vol 28 | Coming Soon
Jul-Sep 1916. Vol 29 | Coming Soon
Oct-Dec 1916. Vol 30 | Coming Soon
▽ 1917
Jan-Mar 1917. Vol 31 | Coming Soon
Apr-Jun 1917. Vol 32 | Coming Soon
Jul-Sep 1917. Vol 33 | Coming Soon
Oct-Dec 1917. Vol 34 | Coming Soon
▽ 1918
Jan-Mar 1918. Vol 35 | Read | Download | IA Page
Apr-Jun 1918. Vol 36 | Coming Soon
Jul-Sep 1918. Vol 37 | Coming Soon
Oct-Dec 1918. Vol 38 | Coming Soon
▽ Photoplay (1917-1940)
▽ Description
The leading Hollywood fan magazine of the 1920s and 1930s. Photoplay offered readers portraits of their favorite movie stars and stories about their into personal lives. The magazine played an important promotional function for the Hollywood industry, but its editors and reviewers could also be highly critical of Hollywood. Beginning in 1921, Photoplay bestowed its annual “Medal of Honor” for the film readers voted as the best of the year. Scanned from the collections of the PFA Library and Film Study Center and Karl Thiede. Funded by an anonymous donation in memory of Carolyn Hauer.
▽ Radio Age: Research, Manufacturing, Communications, Broadcasting, Television (1942-1957)
▽ Description
Radio Age was published by RCA – the Radio Corporation of America – to promote current and future technological developments and major programming events on NBC. Despite the title’s reference to radio, the emphasis throughout is on the future promise of television. Digitized by the Prelinger Library.
Oct 1942-Jul 1945. Vol 2-4 | Read | Download | IA Page
Oct 1945-Jul 1948. Vol 5-7 | Read | Download | IA Page
Oct 1948-Jul 1950. Vol 8-9 | Read | Download | IA Page
Oct 1950-Oct 1952. Vol 10-11 | Read | Download | IA Page
Jan 1953-Oct 1954. Vol 12-13 | Read | Download | IA Page
Jan 1955-Oct 1957. Vol 14-16 | Read | Download | IA Page
▽ Radio Broadcast (1922-1930)
Select Holdings:
▽ Educational Film Magazine (1920-1922)
▽ Exhibitors Trade Review (1921-1922)
▽ Harrison’s Reports (1948)
▽ Hollywood Reporter (1934)
▽ Hollywood Reporter Production Encyclopedia (1948-1952)
▽ Home Movies & Home Talkies (1932-1934)
▽ International Motion Picture Almanac (1938)
▽ Kinematograph Year Book (1931-1954)
▽ Motion Picture Classic (1920)
▽ Motion Picture Daily (1931-1934)
▽ Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930)
▽ Motion Picture News Booking Guide (1929)
▽ Motion Picture Story Magazine (1913)
▽ Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual (1921)
▽ Non-Theatrical Film Catalogues (1936)
Descriptive Catalogue of Kodascope Library 16mm Motion Pictures, Sixth Edition (1936) | Read | Download | IA Page
▽ Picture Stories Magazine (1914-1915)
▽ See and Hear: The Journal on Audio-Visual Learning (1945-1953)
▽ Television Programming Catalogues (1957)
Movies from A.A.P.: Programs of Quality from Quality Studios (1957) | Read | Download | IA Page
▽ The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures (1923-1963)
▽ The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: The Motion Picture in Its Economic and Social Aspects (1926)
▽ The Film Daily Presents the Product Guide and Director’s Annual (1937)
▽ The Motion Picture Almanac (1929)
▽ The Optical Lantern and Cinematograph Journal (1904-1905)
▽ The World Film Encyclopedia (1933)
▽ Who’s Who on the Screen (1920)
CineFiles contains scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the PFA Library's extensive collection covering world cinema, past and present. Citations are available for all documents, and page images are available for documents with copyright clearance. New titles and document images are added daily.
CineFiles currently includes documents on the films of more than 150 major international directors, materials describing silent Soviet cinema, and PFA's unique collection of exhibitor manuals, among other documents.
Here's just one example I found in the educator's portal under Bay Area avant-garde:
Guacamole - Strand, Chick - Mexico - 1976 (7 documents)
Dig in, cinephages!
