What Do Those Old Films Mean

United States, 1902-1914: Tomorrow the World (1x2)

Air date: Jul 25, 1986

Burch looks at early film in America against the background of the immigrant masses streaming into the factories, slums and sweat-ships of early 20th century America. Films by Porter, Griffith, Reginald Baker, George Dobson, Stuart Blackton and others look at how early American film invented social content and then dropped it for the development of narrative.