MoMA's first film acquisitions | Ep. 1 | FILM VAULT SUMMER CAMP

Welcome to week one of Film Vault Summer Camp! Every Thursday in August, Ashley Swinnerton, collection specialist in the Department of Film, will introduce a new selection of historic films from MoMA's collection. This week, the topic is First Programs.
The Flying Train and Great Actresses of the Past are more than 100 years old, yet they are still studied and restudied, continuously taking on new meanings and opening new avenues of analysis for subsequent generations of cinema lovers. What were once novel shots of landscapes or skylines may now be evidence of climate change or of neighborhoods destroyed and rebuilt. What would have been a condemnation of loose morals in 1916 can now be interpreted as a woman’s sacrifice to give her child the best possible life.
Watch this week's films:
The Flying Train (1902) • The Flying Train (1902...
Great Actresses of the Past (compiled in 1938) • Great Actresses of the...
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[@dianeo]

This is going to be a great series! Thank you for sharing these treasures. The clarity in these prints is amazing!

[@acaterina]

Bravo! Looking forward to it. Thanks MoMA for organising this!

[@frenchjr25]

Thank you for this. It would be interesting to see MOMA work with other archives and develop a History of Film and a History of Television video series that can be used in schools and online.

[@lostintransitphoto]

Wonderful to see how people lived, what they considered important and how they captured it to share. Thank you for the effort to put these together.

[@stolidarling]

This looks interesting, especially the early 16mm films that show every day life back then. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@fernandochavesespinach561]

Thanks for this great project! :)

[@enricocaruso.studio]

Thank you Ashley. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@rendroaryo5387]

Great this is beatiful treasure. Thank you MoMA.

[@susprime7018]

There was audio visual club, bring that slide projector to room 222 please.

[@-Deena.]

Ohhh yeah. This is so good. Can't wait....bring it home to MoMA!

[@ger.man_]

beautiful! thanks so much

[@toddbilleci8563]

Well done! Thanks

[@Tod_oMal]

Nice. Thanks.

[@geophizz]

These are great. Any chance that you will upload the entire films if copyright allows?

[@Mrajtheartist]

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