America At The Movies 1976 Documentary Complete Film 2 x 16mm Cine 1600ft Reels

A rare vintage 16mm cine film, on 2 x 1600ft plastic reels - "America at the Movies" which is a 1976 documentary film showing clips from 83 films, divided into 5 segments - The Land, The Cities, There Families, The Wars, The Spirit. Colour is faded / pink / red (see pictures) but film is complete on 2 x plastic 1600ft reels. Here is an online review for a bit more information. This compilation of nearly 100 film clips from, roughly, 1896 to 1976 is divided into five thematic sections: Land, Cities, Families, Wars, Spirit. Like most compilations it can feel superficial, and it has two additional problems: a not naming the films except en masse at the start of each section in other words, if you really like a clip and you would like to see the whole movie it belongs to but aren't already familiar with it - it happened to me with "Claudine" (1974), for example - you'll have to go back at the start of each section and almost guess the correct title, and b none of the clips have been remastered, and most look washed-out, a few even terrible.

Even with these limitations, "America At The Movies" still has some powerful, amusing, exciting film moments, and may even lead you to some new discoveries - though you'll have to put in some work to find out which movies they actually are! Charlton Heston's sparse commentary is mostly on-point. Loads of other similar and interesting items on sale, please see my other items.

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