Country: Czech Republic
Region: All
Distributor: National Film Archive
Case Type: digipack
Extras:
DISC ONE (BLU-RAY)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p
Soundtracks: Music DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Subtitles (are they optional?): English (yes)
Cuts: No (127:07)
Commentaries: No
1) Scenes from Prague Life (1898) (7:18)
- Midsummer Pilgrimage in a Szechoslavic Village (Source: vintage print) (0:46)
- Midsummer Pilgrimage in a Szechoslavic Village (Source: original negative) (0:49)
- March Past During Corpus Christi Feast in Hradčany (Source: vintage print) (0:23)
- Noon Cannon Firing on the Marian Walls (Source: vintage print) (0:41)
- Escorting the Cradle of František Palacký from Hodslavice to Prague Exhibition Grounds
(Source: new print) (0:57)
- Cyclists (Source: new print) (0:38)
- Old Town Firemen (Source: vintage print) (0:47)
- Old Town Firemen (Source: original negative) (0:41)
- Žofin Swimming Bath (Source: vintage print) (0:46)
- Žofin Swimming Bath (Source: original negative) (0:49)
2) Scenes from Prague Life (1901-1910) (34:44)
- Grand Consecration of the Emperor Franty I Bridge (1901) (Source: vintage print) (0:46)
- Opening Ceremony of the Čech Bridge (1908) (Source: original negative) (1:48)
- The First Day of the Spring Races of Prague (1908) (Source: original negative) (4:52)
- A Ride through Prague in an Open Tram (1908) (Source: original negative) (1:57)
- Anniversay Exhibition of the Chamber of Trade and Commerce in 1908 in Prague
(Source: newly assembled footage) (14:50)
- Coach Transport (1908) (Source: vintage print) (1:00)
- Consecration Ceremony for the Foundation stone of the Jubilee Church of St. Anthony in
Prague VII (Source: original negative) (2:51)
- Celebration Held to Honour the 550 Years of the Imperial-Royal Privileged Corps of Municipal
Sharp-Shooters in Prague (1910) (Source: original negative) (6:40)
3) Feature Films (6:12)
- An Assignation in the Mill (1898) (Source: vintage print) (0:57)
- An Assignation in the Mill (1898) (Source: original negative) (0:45)
- Exhibition Sausage Seller and Bill-Poster – take A (1898) (Source: vintage print) (1:03)
- Exhibition Sausage Seller and Bill-Poster – take A (1898) (Source: original negative) (1:06)
- Exhibition Sausage Seller and Bill-Poster – take B (1898) (Source: vintage print) (1:01)
- Laughter and Tears (1898) (Source: vintage print) (0:32)
- Satan's Railway Ride (1906) (Source: original negative) (0:47)
4) Sokol Exercises (36:16)
- Exercises with Indian Clubs by Sokol of Malá Strana (1898) (Source: vintage print) (0:50)
- Exercises with Indian Clubs by Sokol of Malá Strana (1898) (Source: original negative) (0:45)
- Vaulting of the Prague Sokol Equestrian Section (1898) (Source: vintage print) (0:47)
- Fifth All-Sokol rally in Prague (1907) (Source: newly assembled footage) (11:40)
- Sokol Rally in Prostějov (1908) (Source: newly assembled footage) (22:14)
5) František Palacký Monument (2:07)
- Foundation Ceremony of the František Palacký Monument (1898) (Source: vintage print) (0:47)
- František Palacký Monument Prior to its Completion (1911) (Source: original negative) (1:20)
6) Bonus Films (42:31)
- Unveiling Ceremony of the Monument – July1, 1912 (4:31)
- St. John's Rapids (1912) (2:59)
- Old Prague (1912) (Source: unassembled footage) (9:22)
- Man's Five senses – black-and-white version (1913) directed by Jozef-Šváb Malostranský (4:47)
- Man's Five senses – tinted version (3:48)
- The Living Corpses (1921) (10:11)
- How Film is Made (1926) (5:52)
- Trailer (2018) (1:01)
7) Commentaries (36:09)
- Kateřina Svatoňová (Kříženecký's Films in the Context of Industrial Exhibitions) (in Czech with optional English subtitles) (12:47)
- Petr Kliment (The Cinematopraph and Its Predecessors) (in Czech with optional English subtitles) (6:35)
- Petr Kliment – Jeanne Pommeau (The Presentation of Kříženecký's Cinematopraph) (in Czech with optional English subtitles) (5:08)
- Jeanne Pommeau (The Digitisation of Kříženecký's Films) (in Czech with optional English subtitles) (11:38)
Photographs and Documents- Photographs of Prague Taken by Kříženecký
# Original Photographs (20 stills)
# Past and Present (17 stills)
- Exhibition of Architecture and Engeenering (1898) (15 stills)
- Photographs of Kříženecký and His Immediate Family (11 stills)
- Kříženecký's Correspondence (10 stills)
DISC TWO (DVD COPY)
Notes: Comes with 52-page English/Czech illustrated booklet.
Easter Eggs: No
Source: I own it.
