I saw this title projected on the big screen as part of the Randy Haberkamp presentation: A Century Ago: The Films of 1910 in Culpeper, Virginia at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus free public screenings.
The Police Force Of New York City (1910) is a short actuality/demonstration film where we see New York policemen recreating how the deal various safety issues and crimes. Segments Including: 1) runaway horses in the park; 2) saving a drowning man; 3) stopping river pirates; 4) using police dogs to stop a burglar.
The photography was fine but there were no close ups and the editing was a bit slow, but still the idea of actually seeing these images, people and locations from a century ago it makes one feel we are vicariously sharing the history that our grandparents may have witnessed. And by saving and preserving early film we can better learn of our own human heritage and evolution thru these windows of fractured media. One could only wish even more titles survived (90% of all silent film is already lost), and for those that do still exist to get preserved and shared.
The Police Force Of New York City (1910) is a short actuality/demonstration film where we see New York policemen recreating how the deal various safety issues and crimes. Segments Including: 1) runaway horses in the park; 2) saving a drowning man; 3) stopping river pirates; 4) using police dogs to stop a burglar.
The photography was fine but there were no close ups and the editing was a bit slow, but still the idea of actually seeing these images, people and locations from a century ago it makes one feel we are vicariously sharing the history that our grandparents may have witnessed. And by saving and preserving early film we can better learn of our own human heritage and evolution thru these windows of fractured media. One could only wish even more titles survived (90% of all silent film is already lost), and for those that do still exist to get preserved and shared.
