https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a3eb922f-1db5-465b-add9-ffff60c90b94 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or AMPAS was formed in May of 1927 as a professional honorary organization headquartered in Beverly Hills. The organization is commonly known for its annual Academy Award also known as the Oscars. "History Brought to Life" is a historical short presented by members of the motion picture industry in cooperation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (:08). This silver short; created at the start of the Hollywood Golden Era, turns to the guts of Hollywood with a focus on studio research departments. It shows the tale of those responsible for ensuring set up and costume accurately display the scene and setting of the film. Jerry Hopper directs the feature and Cecil B. DeMille hosts. Hopper was a prominent director active from 1940's to 1970s. Cecile's career produced 70 features and he is commonly known as one of the founding fathers of American cinema. Cecil peers over set with a (:28) watchful eye. He calls cut for the camera (:33). Footage unrolls from various scenes of films based in Egypt including "The Ten Commandments" released in 1956 (:58). Claudette Colbert lounges as Cleopatra in the 1934 release (1:10). Scenes follow from the “Last Days of Pompeii’ a 1935 release (1:24). The set crumbles in flames (1:33). A B-17 Flying Fortress spills its payload (2:12) in archival footage; narration explains history learned in class lives on the movie screen. Film scenes portray the historic flag raising at Iwo Jima (2:18). The Holy Bible appears (2:29). A female librarian pulls a book from the shelf to study (2:44). Extensive research put into cinema during this time period is discussed (2:51) over the stone pillars of the New York library erected in the early 1900's. The librarian hammers on typewriter keys (3:02). Gary Cooper enters from "The Adventure of Marco Polo" released in 1938 (3:23). The dome of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is featured (3:28). Physicists demonstrate how to equip the laboratory (3:33). More footage from the “Last Days of Pompeii” appears (3:37). Farm machinery demonstrates harvesting techniques (3:42) over Kansas wheat. The Bastille is stormed (3:49) in a “Tale of Two Cities’ (3:48). Clifton Webb gets cake in the face in "Sitting Pretty" released 1948 (3:54). Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara (4:11) watch the disaster from the window. Johanna Strauss (4:47) conducts a waltz (4:50). A series of novels by Emile Zola push forward (5:01) including “Human Beast”. Footage follows from the 1936 release “The Story of Louis Pasteur” (5:40). Innovations in the 1930’s movie industry unfold in montage including the Epiphone (6:07), mimeograph (6:13), cement kiln and electric motor (6:16). Images follow from "Edison, The Man" (6:37) the 1940 biographical feature. Abe Lincoln's speech "A House Divided Cannot Stand” from 1858, is reenacted (6:41). Scenes from the 1937 “Fire over England” follows (7:03). Ship hands are taken below deck in “Mutiny on the Bounty” (7:08). Lawrence Oliver delivers a strong performance in the 1948 “Hamlet” release (7:48). Scenes from “Ulysses” released in 1967 follow (8:52). Innovations in the automobile industry (8:59) are mirrored against innovations in the film industry (8:59). A De Havilland flies over (9:03) and a V-2 rocket shoots up (9:10) as the film concludes. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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