Films to be screened: \;
\nFrom American cartoonist and animator \;Winsor McCay\, \;G ertie was the animated film to feature a dinosaur\, and the third film to ever depict one. McCay initially presented the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his \;vaudeville \;act.
\nCreated by German Filmmaker Walter Ruttmann\, this is the oldest fully abstract motion picture\, as we ll as the first one to be publicly screened. Ruttman animated geometric sh apes\, flowing forms\, and integrated light and dark with hand-colored fra mes to a score by Max Butting.
\nThis is Mickey Mouse's first cart oon and one of the world's first synchronized sound cartoons. Mickey works and sings on a steamboat\, with Walt Disney providing the film's little d ialogue and noises himself.
\nProduced by Fleischer studios\, this is the first ins tallment in \;a series \;of seventeen \;animated short films b ased on the comic-book character Superman. The "Man of Steel" fig hts a mad scientist who attempts to destroy Metropolis with an en ergy cannon.
\n...more films \;to be announced!
\nAbout the Serie s
\nAnimation Station\, a YOUmedia Miami club\, celebrates the history of animation by collaborating with the Library's Division of S pecial Collections &\; Archives to bring notable early animations to li ght. This is the first session of a three-part series\, covering animation history up until 1941.
\nAbout the Film Collection
\nThe \;16mm \;film collection has been part of the \;L ibrary's \;holdings for over 55 years. It began in the 1960s\, and its first films were part of the City of Miami&rsquo\;s public library before there was a county library. When MDPLS was formed\, the County supplement ed its local funding for films with Federal LSCA (Library Services and Con struction Act) grants. Apart from leased feature films\, all films were&nb sp\;purchased \;for free \;exhibition \;for the life of the pr int. Subjects within the collection include experimental/avant-garde art f ilms\, non-narrated films\, children&rsquo\;s films\, Black history\, Flor idiana\, and local history. Today\, there are over 4\,000 films \;with in \;the collection. \;
\nAbout the Division of Spec ial Collections &\; Archives
\nMiami-Dade Public Library System's Division of Special Collections &\; Archives holds rare and i rreplaceable historical documents for the benefit of the public and schola rly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephemera\, Genealogy Co llection\, Vasari Project\, and rare &\; antiquarian books from as earl y as the 17th century. The Division's primary goal is to provide the publi c with the contents of the vault at their request. Its collections include rare books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photographs\, prints\, a rtifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.
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