SILVER SHADOWS

First theatrical use of nickelodeons. Boys riding on skates, showing many falls, and then the elevated trains at the Bowery. Shots taken on the roof of Madison Square Garden. We have early fire engines, Sunday parade on Fifth Avenue, New York. Scenes from the Moss building, New York. "A good film for presenting some samples of early motion pictures; suggests some of the improvements that have been made."

Credits

Told by J. Stuart Blackton

Complete catalog record
Dewey number: 791.4
Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult
Review source: "Recommended for general appreciation classes." A.m. council on education
Format/cost: 16-sd-$72; rent $3
Distributors / rental: Calhoun Company; DeVry Films and Laboratories $3; W. D. Engleman Company; University of Michigan $3; Wilfred Naylor; Ohio Department of Education

Sources

  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942 — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits