Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2005 Sommario / Contents

“…yesterday Mr.Vidmer, the aviator from Trieste, organized a flight with
his airplane … at first he lifted the airplane up to 150 metres, made one
circle, and then landed. … in the second flight he lifted his airplane up to
500-600 metres. Finally, he made three circles at that height, and landed
with loud cheering of the observers.” Djovani Vidmer (Giovanni
Widmer/Ivan Vidmar, 1892-?) was a pioneer of Slovenian and Italian
aviation. In May 1911 he completed flying school in Pordenone, and in July
that year he flew over Trieste. This brave and fearless young man, after
many achievements in aviation, started a tour of the Balkans (Split,
Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Mostar) in the summer of 1912, with his own
Blériot airplane. Louis de Beery filmed Vidmer`s flight over Belgrade for
producer Svetozar Botoric.This was the first Serbian sports film. Besides
the flight itself, the most memorable shot in the film is the embrace
between Vidmer and the Minister of Education, Ljuba Jovanovic,
surrounded by the people of Belgrade.
The new 35mm safety print was made from the original nitrate negative
in the Reinthaler collection held by Filmarchiv Austria. – ALEKSANDAR SASA
ERDELJANOVIC
HAGHEFILM/SELZNICK SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP 2005
La borsa di studio Haghefilm è assegnata ogni anno a un diplomato
della L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation che si è distinto
nel corso annuale organizzato dal 1996 alla George Eastman House.
Il vincitore è invitato presso i laboratori Haghefilm di Amsterdam
durante il periodo estivo, e partecipa al restauro di un film da
presentare alle Giornate del Cinema Muto.
Nel 2005 la borsa di studio è andata a Ullrich Ruedel, di Francoforte
sul Meno, che dopo aver conseguito il dottorato in chimica presso
l’università di Münster, ha lavorato come consulente freelance per la
Intellectual Property Rights e si è rivelato uno dei migliori studenti
della Selznick School.Alle Giornate presenterà le versioni restaurate
di tre brevi pellicole, tutte ricavate da copie nitrato 35mm in vari
stadi di decomposizione e rappresentative di diversi generi: attualità,
animazione e fiction. – CAROLINE YEAGER
The Haghefilm Fellowship is awarded every year to a graduate student of
the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at George Eastman
House who has distinguished him/herself at the course annually held in
Rochester since 1996. The recipient of the Fellowship is invited to
Amsterdam for a summer internship, during which the student restores a
film to be presented at the Giornate.
The winner of the 2005 Haghefilm Fellowship is Ullrich Ruedel, of
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Mr. Ruedel has a Ph.D in Chemistry from
the University of Münster, Germany, 1996, has been a freelance
consultant for Intellectual Property Rights, and was an outstanding
student of the Selznick School. He will present the restorations of three
brief films, all from 35mm nitrate prints in various stages of
decomposition, representing a variety of genres: actuality, animation, and
fiction . – CAROLINE YEAGER
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[UNVEILING THE ROCHAMBEAU STATUE, WASH-
INGTON D.C.] / [INAUGURAZIONE DELLA STATUA DI
ROCHAMBEAU A WASHIGTON] (Edison Manufacturing Co., US 1902)
Re./dir: ?; Edison Cat. no. 5506 (nome in codice/code name:
Unplucked); 35mm, 110 ft., 1’50” (16 fps), George Eastman House.
Senza didascalie / No intertitles.
Questo breve film d’attualità ci mostra la cerimonia nel corso della
quale viene scoperto il monumento in memoria di Jean de
Rochambeau (1725-1807), comandante dell’armata di spedizione
francese (1780-82) durante la rivoluzione americana. È il presidente
Theodore Roosevelt che dedica e scopre la statua. Presenziano tra
gli altri i discendenti di Rochambeau e quelli del marchese de
Lafayette. La copia reca impresso il logo della Warwick Trading
Company, utilizzato probabilmente per la distribuzione in Inghilterra.
Il film è stato preservato e stampato nel 2005. – CAROLINE YEAGER
This short actuality film captures the fanfare surrounding the unveiling of
the monument dedicated to the memory of Jean de Rochambeau (1725-
1807), commander of the French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the
American Revolution. President Theodore Roosevelt dedicates and unveils
the statue. Descendants of both Rochambeau and the Marquis de Lafayette
are among the dignitaries in attendance.The print is embossed with the logo
of the Warwick Trading Company, indicating that it was probably used for
distribution in England. Preserved and printed 2005. – CAROLINE YEAGER
A RAMBLE ON SKATES WITH INKY DINK (?, US?, c.1916?)
Re./dir: ?; 35mm, 200 ft., 3’20” (16 fps), George Eastman House.
Didascalie in inglese / English interitles.
La fonte originale, una copia nitrato, è giunta alla George Eastman
House insieme agli altri film dei primordi americani ed inglesi
costituenti la collezione Spoor, ma priva di documentazione. Dalla
copia stessa si sono potute trarre solo esigue informazioni
filmografiche. Non vi sono notizie sull’identità dell’autore né del
paese d’origine o della data esatta di questo piccolo film
d’animazione. Come The Fall of Jerusalem, presentato alle Giornate
l’anno scorso ed in seguito identificato con il film tedesco Jeremias,
anche A Ramble on Skates with Inky Dink resta per il momento un
mistero. Lo staff della George Eastman House sarebbe grato per
qualunque informazione in merito. Il film è stato preservato e
stampato nel 2005. – CAROLINE YEAGER
The original source, a nitrate print, came to George Eastman House as
part of the Spoor Collection of early American and British films, but with
no documentation, and only scanty filmographic information has been
able to be extracted from the print itself. No identifying information as to
the maker, country of origin, or even the exact date of this little animation
film has been found. Like The Fall of Jerusalem, shown last year at the
Giornate and later identified as the German film Jeremias,A Ramble on
Skates With Inky Dink is something of a mystery.Any information about
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